We do not need to minimize the poverty of the ghetto or the suffering inflicted by whites on blacks in order to see that the increasingly dangerous and unpredictable conditions of middle-class life have given rise to similar strategies for survival. Indeed the attraction of black culture for disaffected whites suggests that black culture now speaks to a general condition.
Christopher LaschRelentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.
Christopher LaschThe proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.
Christopher LaschTraditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.
Christopher Lasch