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In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs.
Christopher Lasch
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Christopher Lasch
Age: 61 †
Born: 1932
Born: June 1
Died: 1994
Died: February 14
Historian
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Social Critic
Sociologist
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Omaha
Nebraska
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