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
The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life. – Christopher Lasch
It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times — the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie — seem attractive by comparison. – Christopher Lasch
In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is Gods gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is Gods gift to the collective. – Christopher Lasch