Quote by Nicolás Gómez Dávila on the Taste of the Masses

„The taste of the masses is characterized not by their antipathy to the excellent, but by the passivity with which they enjoy equally the good, the mediocre, and the bad.
The masses do not have bad taste. They simply do not have taste.“

Nicolás Gómez DávilaNicolás Gómez Dávila on the passivity of the masses' taste: not bad taste, but lack of taste.
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Nicolás Gómez Dávila was a Colombian philosopher and conservative thinker known for his sharp aphorisms and critical social analyses.

This quote addresses the indifferent cultural preferences of the masses, distinguishing a lack of taste from bad taste.


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