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The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumpt

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. – 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 no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family. – Christopher Lasch

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The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life. – Christopher Lasch

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