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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 left has come to regard common sense – the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community – as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. – Christopher Lasch

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Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. – Christopher Lasch

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Politics
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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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It is good for society to have this introspection. – Jacques Verges

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Well I believe in the desirability of an optimal society. – Tom Stoppard

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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. – Edmund Burke

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That person has to be accountable for himself. I think thats what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone elses life. – Herschel Walker

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