Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend.

Quote by Christopher Lasch

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Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they...

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they...

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with...

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with...

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and...

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and...

Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want...

Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want...

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is...

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is...

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as...

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as...

The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the...

The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the...

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a...

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a...

The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a...

The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a...

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the...

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the...

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides...

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides...

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some...

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some...

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of...

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of...

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the...

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the...

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist...

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist...

The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from...

The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from...

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

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

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

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature...

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature...