A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The only “Control” exercised over the new forces would seem to consist of a fascinated withdrawal of perception from the new constitutive forces together with a panicky concern for the receding configurations. Such is the significance of the Goldwater mood and the rhetoric of Ayn Rand.
“Guaranteed Income in the Electric Age” (1975), p 68
Year: 1975
Chapters: Advice | Religion | Warnings
↪ Also at #161, #6051
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