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Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
Many people around the world work to consider consumer ethics and make ethical consumer choices in their everyday lives in response to the troubling conditions that plague global supply chains and the human-made climate crisis. In a system of consumer signs, those who make the ethical choice to purchase fair trade, organic, locally grown and sustainable goods are also often seen as morally superior to those who don’t know, or don’t care to make these kinds of purchases. In the landscape of consumer goods, being an ethical consumer awards one with heightened cultural capital and a higher social status in relation to other consumers. For example, buying a hybrid vehicle signals to others that one is concerned about environmental issues, and neighbors passing by the car in the driveway might even view the car’s owner more positively. However, someone who can’t afford to replace their 20-year-old car may care about the environment just as much, but they would be unable to demonstrate this through their patterns of consumption. It is likely that those they encounter will assume them to be poor and undereducated. They may experience disrespect and disregard on a daily basis, despite how they behave toward others.

Someone who does not replace his polluting diesel car with a hybrid model is not an ethical consumer.

What we buy is often related to our cultural and educational capital, and consumption patterns can reinforce existing social hierarchies.

Increasing consumption of goods is a desirable goal of an ethical consumer.

Consumption is the means of practicing a truly ethical life.

People with more cultural capital are likely to be morally superior to those with low levels of cultural capital.

추론할 수 있는 내용은 “What we buy is often related to our cultural and educational capital, and consumption patterns can reinforce existing social hierarchies.”이다.
윤리적 소비는 “heightened cultural capital and a higher social status”(높아진 문화 자본과 사회적 지위)를 주지만, 낡은 차를 못 바꾸는 사람은 “poor and undereducated”(가난하고 못 배운)로 여겨진다. 소비가 기존 위계를 강화한다는 것이다.
“Someone who does not replace his polluting diesel car with a hybrid model is not an ethical consumer.”: 지문은 그런 사람도 환경을 똑같이 염려할 수 있다고 했다.
“Increasing consumption of goods is a desirable goal of an ethical consumer.”: 소비 증대가 바람직한 목표라는 내용은 없다.
“Consumption is the means of practicing a truly ethical life.”: 소비는 윤리성을 드러내는 신호로 쓰일 뿐이며, 지문은 이를 비판적으로 본다.
“People with more cultural capital are likely to be morally superior …”: 지문은 “seen as morally superior”(도덕적으로 우월하게 보인다)라고 했을 뿐 실제로 그렇다고 하지 않았다.