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Democracy in our time is more likely to die of indifference than of intolerance.

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
Intolerance
Indifference
Likely
Democracy
Dies
Time

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