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Of course you can escape, but it is much harder. Love of music style is learned, and you learn it from your immediate social environment.

I recommend to read "Distinction : A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste" by Pierre Bourdieu.

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of course the music is learned from an immediate social environment! Precisely because of it, people who are capable to overcome their learned tastes and learn something else are way more valuable to any business.

You see, very few people these days are taught to like Beethoven, most just find him on his own. That is a sign of a capability to think independently, which comes from higher intelligence.

People who grew up with classical music don't need to jump through that hoop. Or do you require them to acquire a taste for Hip Hop?

If not, then it is exactly as I pointed out before: the bar is much higher if you come from the 'wrong' cultural background.

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