Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. – Christopher Lasch
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
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
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