I think it was Ken McLeod (I'm not really a fan) who produced a very clever book. He took several social groups which were known for certain attitudes, and then gave them different attitudes based on their basic principles.
He had Socialists who openly claimed to be Evil, and Christians who had no problem with downloading new copies of a person after the old one got zapped (they saw it as ressurection).
There was a movie back in the 40's that had a Yankee and a Southerner. In it, the Yankee is pushy, and inclined to violence. People would not make that movie today.
MJ talked a while back about certain people who listened to a type of music. They thought they were cutting edge, but they were actually quite hidebound in their tastes.
These are three different things, but all are related.
In making worlds, can we come up with a stereotype, and then find a reason to change out one element of that to make it new and strange?
I'm going to resist making a world that portrays liberals as reactionary aristocrats since thats what I think is true. You can make very good worlds which focus on revealing the hidden truth of a situation, but this is not that question.
1. American gun enthusiasts tend to like Big Guns. But you could be a gun elitist, and focus in How Small Can You Go? The goal being to learn to be hyper-accurate with your.22 calibre pistol with its drop-forged frame made in zero-gravity or something, and its Olympic match grade bullets.
2. "We have to protect our sources" says the Newspaperman could shift to "If its not sourced and footnoted, then how can our readers trust us?"