Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom. — Christopher Lasch
It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media. — Christopher Lasch
In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs. — Christopher Lasch
Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer — Christopher Lasch
Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don’t already want to buy. — Christopher Lasch
Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages — Christopher Lasch
Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. — Christopher Lasch
Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society — Christopher Lasch
Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising. — Christopher Lasch
The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life. — Christopher Lasch
The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. — Christopher Lasch
The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information. — Christopher Lasch
The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don’t mix. — Christopher Lasch
The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides — Christopher Lasch
The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by images. — Christopher Lasch
The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer. — Christopher Lasch
Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left. — Christopher Lasch
They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend. — Christopher Lasch
Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values. — Christopher Lasch
It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence — Christopher Lasch
The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern. — Christopher Lasch