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.

Quote by Christopher Lasch

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George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can...

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can...

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 sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family...

The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family...

Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism,...

Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism,...

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect...

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect...

The conservative revival cannot be dismissed.

The conservative revival cannot be dismissed.

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

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

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...

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 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...

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by...

The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by...

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

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...

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...

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a...

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a...

The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the...

The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the...

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...