Christopher Lasch

“The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories.”

“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.”

“The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.”

“The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types.”