High culture is often understood as being consumed primarily by the social elite, although it is often seen as a marker of someone who has high status in society. The best explanation for why the social elites consume this kind of culture more often than other members of society is:
a. society today produces such a vast number of cultural artifacts and experiences that it's impossible for anyone to consume them outside their culture of origin.
b. participating in these forms of culture requires both material resources and education typically only accessible to the social elite.
c. members of the social elite actively bar others from participating in these forms of culture through regulations and laws.
d. the majority of people who are not already part of the social elite have no interest in joining this group, so they actively avoid these cultural activities.