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The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place.
Christopher Lasch
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Christopher Lasch
Age: 61 †
Born: 1932
Born: June 1
Died: 1994
Died: February 14
Historian
Journalist
Social Critic
Sociologist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Robert Christopher Lasch
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George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.
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The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.
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Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.
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Advertising serves not so much to advertise products as to promote consumption as a way of life. It 'educates' the masses into an unappeasable appetite not only for goods but for new experiences and personal fulfillment.
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Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.
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Uprootedness uproots everything except the need for roots.
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The family is a haven in a heartless world.
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The prison life of the past looks in our own time like liberation itself.
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Democracy in our time is more likely to die of indifference than of intolerance.
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