Cultural Critique Quotes

"You know, it's a very sexist society, Indonesia." "The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding" "For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community" "There's no way to escape the fact that we've grown up in a very violent culture." "The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that yogurt comes with less fruit" "Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good" "When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jackboots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts" "It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste" "The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people."