Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values. Christopher Lasch More Quotes by Christopher Lasch More Quotes From Christopher Lasch 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 copies reality knowledge 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. Christopher Lasch sea play people 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 abortion attitude school Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as an improvement of old fashioned marriage. Christopher Lasch ruins alternatives improvement Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business. Christopher Lasch conservation innovation order The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family. Christopher Lasch feminist believe people We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which has left him still in a state of marked narcissism with all its pathological symptoms. Christopher Lasch discrepancies-between emotional men The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information. Christopher Lasch information encouragement jobs We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change. Christopher Lasch addict revolutionary The best defense against the terror of existence are the homely comforts of love, work, and family life, which connect us to a world that is independent of our wishes yet responsive to our needs. Christopher Lasch independent comfort wish The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life. Christopher Lasch consumerism development way Parents accept their obsolescence with the best grace they can muster. . . they do all they can to make it easy for the younger generation to surpass the older, while secretly dreading the rejection that follows. Christopher Lasch rejection parent grace Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly associated with it, they can no longer retreat to the safety of those conventions. Christopher Lasch retreat rejection safety The left has lost the common touch. Christopher Lasch left common lost The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. Christopher Lasch common-sense progress community Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection. Christopher Lasch connections drug television The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place. Christopher Lasch demand news children Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language. Christopher Lasch prejudice ordinary people
