“ It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life. ”
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“ It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times — the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie — seem attractive by comparison. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life. ”
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“ It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times — the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie — seem attractive by comparison. ”
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“ The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about. ”
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“ Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. ”
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“ The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer. ”
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“ Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes. ”
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“ Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly associated with it, they can no longer retreat to the safety of those conventions. The woman who rejects the stereotype of feminine weakness and dependence can no longer find much comfort in the cliche that all men are beasts… ”
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“ Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. ”
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“ Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection. ”
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“ Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. ”
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“ The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer. ”
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“ Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion. ”
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“ Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising. ”
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“ Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values. ”
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“ Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right — it lies in rejecting conventional political categories. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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