“The mass man loves gags. He is a spoilt child, demanding amusement, given to tantrums… His only commandment is Thou shalt expect convenience”<\/p>\n
– Saul Bellow, in his introduction to Jos\u00e9 Ortega y Gasset’s book The Revolt of the Masses<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n “The mass man is obviously interested in automobiles, anesthetics, and all manner of sundries. And these things confirm his profound lack in interest itself. For all these things are mere products of civilization, and the passion he displays for them makes more crudely obvious his insensibility to the principles which made them possible”.<\/p>\n – Jos\u00e9 Ortega y Gasset’s, The Revolt of the Masses<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n