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A society that has made nostalgia a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that

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"A society that has made "nostalgia" a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today"

- Christopher Lasch

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This quote is written / told by Christopher Lasch between June 1, 1932 and February 14, 1994. He/she was a famous Historian from USA. The author also have 47 other quotes.

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