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Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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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

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

— Christopher Lasch

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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

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A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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

— Christopher Lasch

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Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are embedded in daily experiences that confirm them. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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