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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.
Source: The Culture of Narcissism, ch. 4, No Exit (1979).
-- Christopher Lasch, (Jun 1 1932-1994), US cultural historian, writer; He wrote The Culture of Narcissism, 1979 and The Lost Art of Political Argument.