Today we have "ag gag" laws that work to stifle speech that alerts citizens to issues related to the provenance of their food. To my eye, such laws are blatantly unconstitutional--but many blatantly unconstitutional things are routinely allowed in the service of Capital these days.
Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”
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#12My favorite "fun" fact about The Jungle was that Sinclair originally meant the book to expose the working conditions of the meat packing plants, but instead everyone focused on the way the meat was processed and got up in arms about that instead. He apparently also had to tone down some of the book's more socialist leanings before being allowed to publish it. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle
He said himself I believe "I was aiming for their hearts, but missed at hot their stomach"
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#13Odd that The Jungle is mentioned here. Does everyone realize that the US isn't doing any inspections of any food facilities any more?
We're 'leaving it to the experts' and letting industry inspect itself.
These are not good ideas.
Example: How's that 737 Max fleet?
Re: Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”
#14My favorite "fun" fact about The Jungle was that Sinclair originally meant the book to expose the working conditions of the meat packing plants, but instead everyone focused on the way the meat was processed and got up in arms about that instead. He apparently also had to tone down some of the book's more socialist leanings before being allowed to publish it. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle
He said himself I believe "I was aiming for their hearts, but missed at hot their stomach"
Which is why the article is titled "Hearts and Stomachs". These fun facts are the point of TFA!
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#15Odd that The Jungle is mentioned here. Does everyone realize that the US isn't doing any inspections of any food facilities any more?
That is one of the premises of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1097.Fast_Food_Nation , you won't want to eat US processed meat after reading this. (Good book, BTW)
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#16As an aside, Upton Sinclair wrote a book on fasting that presages a lot of our current interest and knowledge on the subject. Worth a look.