Lewis Lapham On America-His Flaws

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…Lapham should have stated is that men remain free to deny whatever standards are being fed to them. Though it is easier to find the artistic and intellectual respect in other societies, there is still choice, which Lapham absurdly claims false. As one can see through his double standards in Money and Class in America and in his denial of free will that the true egalitarian Americans embrace, he really sides with the materialistic masses.