More on the Everyday Man

“Today man believes that there is nothing in him, so he accepts anything, even if he knows it to be bad, in order to find himself at one with others, in order not to be alone.”

– [tag]Czeslaw Milosz[/tag]

“The mood of the Colosseum goes together with the age of the corporation, which offers entertainment in place of values. The Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz provides the definitive view on why [tag]Americans[/tag] degrade themselves with [tag]mass culture[/tag]: “Today man believes that there is nothing in him, so he accepts anything, even if he knows it to be bad, in order to find himself at one with others, in order not to be alone.” Of course, it is because people find so little in themselves that they fill their world with celebrities. The masses avoid important national and international news because much of it is tragic, even as they show an unlimited appetite for the details of Princess Diana’s death. This willingness to give up self and responsibility is the sine qua non for [tag]tyranny[/tag].”

– [tag]Robert Kaplan[/tag] in [tag]Was Democracy Just a Moment[/tag]