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)

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

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