Much of what is euphemistically known as the middle class, merely because it dresses up to go to work, is now reduced to proletarian conditions of existence. Many white-collar jobs require no more skill and pay even less than blue-collar jobs, conferring little status or security.
Christopher LaschThe model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.
Christopher LaschThe left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense.
Christopher Lasch