"Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values."
― Christopher Lasch
Topic(s):
Society
― Christopher Lasch
More From Christopher Lasch
- "The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types."
- "In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs."
- "The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system."
More In Society
- "The question I asked Georges has now become a general one – You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers."― Abbe Pierre
- "I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there."― Sarah Jessica Parker
- "In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that’s filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act."― Don DeLillo