“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
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Family
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“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
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“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
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“The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types.”

Christopher Lasch
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“The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.”

Christopher Lasch
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“Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.”

Christopher Lasch
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General