WellTheresYourCobbler [ey/em, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoLove when I’m reading a book and it randomly goes on an anti-communist rant 14 chapters in lmaomessage-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-down1message-squareLove when I’m reading a book and it randomly goes on an anti-communist rant 14 chapters in lmaoWellTheresYourCobbler [ey/em, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIshmael [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 months agoYeah its essentially about wage slavery, classism, and the injustices of capitalism, but its immediate impact on society was creating higher cleanliness standards in the meat-packing industry
minus-squareryepunk [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 months agoSinclair himself is said to have noted “I aimed for the heart of the American public, missed and hit them in the stomach instead.”
Yeah its essentially about wage slavery, classism, and the injustices of capitalism, but its immediate impact on society was creating higher cleanliness standards in the meat-packing industry
Sinclair himself is said to have noted “I aimed for the heart of the American public, missed and hit them in the stomach instead.”