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Christopher Lasch

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“Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values.”— Christopher Lasch
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“The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.”— Christopher Lasch
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“A society that has made 'nostalgia' a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.”— Christopher Lasch
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“Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion.”— Christopher Lasch
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“In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective.”— Christopher Lasch
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“Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.”— Christopher Lasch
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“The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.”— Christopher Lasch