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We Do Not Need To Minimize The Poverty Of The Ghetto Or The Suffering Inflicted By Whites On Blacks In Order To See That The Increasingly Dangerous And Unpredictable Conditions Of Middle-class Life Have Given Rise To Similar Strategies For Survival. Indeed The Attraction Of Black Culture For Disaffected Whites Suggests That Black Culture Now Speaks To A General Condition.

The News Appeals To The Same Jaded Appetite That Makes A Child Tire Of A Toy As Soon As It Becomes Familiar And Demand A New One In Its Place.

Propaganda In The Ordinary Sense Of The Term Plays A Less Important Part In A Consumer Society, Where People Greet All Official Pronouncements With Suspicion.

It Is Advertising And The Logic Of Consumerism That Governs The Depiction Of Reality In The Mass Media.

The Best Defense Against The Terror Of Existence Are The Homely Comforts Of Love, Work, And Family Life, Which Connect Us To A World That Is Independent Of Our Wishes Yet Responsive To Our Needs.