We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which has left him still in a state of marked narcissism with all its pathological symptoms.

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.

The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories.

Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom.

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

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.

News represents another form of advertising, not liberal propaganda.