Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising. Christopher Lasch consumerheartimprovement Change image and share on social
Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. Christopher Lasch advertisebuyconsumer Change image and share on social
Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values. Christopher Lasch conservativecontributedestruction Change image and share on social
Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it. Christopher Lasch americanbanalityendless Change image and share on social
Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize. Christopher Lasch copyknowledgeobserver Change image and share on social
The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum. Christopher Lasch abortionattitudebigotry Change image and share on social
When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes. Christopher Lasch cryfamilyfelt Change image and share on social
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. Christopher Lasch addictionconsumptionmas Change image and share on social
It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family. Christopher Lasch americanattemptcapitalism Change image and share on social
