[Reinhold] Niebuhr endorsed G.K.Chesterton’s observation that tolerance is the attitude of those who do not believe in anything. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
“Members of the educated elite upheld open-mindedness as the supreme political virtue but refused to debate their own idea of the good life, perhaps… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which has left… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
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