Masscult and Midcult Quotes

“Lots of writers are fascinated by evil and write copiously about it, but they are bored by virtue; this not only limits their scope but prevents a satisfactory account of evil, which can no more be comprehended apart from good than light can be comprehended apart from darkness.”
― Dwight Macdonald, Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain

“La cultura de masas no ofrece a sus clientes una catarsis emocional ni tampoco una experiencia estética, porque estas cosas requieren esfuerzo. La cultura de masas es, en la mejor de las hipótesis, un reflejo vulgarizado de la Alta Cultura y, en el peor, un íncubo moral, un Kulturkatzenjammer”
― Dwight Macdonald, Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain