Dear lord. I don’t think I can stomach that read, but when I hear people (Americans really) bitch about government regulations, this is the kind of bullshit that comes to mind and makes me boil…
Back in the day, a Socialist named Upton Sinclair wrote a novel called “The Jungle.” It was about the terrible conditions in the Chicago slaughterhouses.
It caused a lot of people to stop buying processed meat.
The meat packers got together and demanded the government step in.
We got food regulations because the processors wanted to keep making money.
The Radium Girls book was pretty good, recommend reading it if you haven’t already.
Dear lord. I don’t think I can stomach that read, but when I hear people (Americans really) bitch about government regulations, this is the kind of bullshit that comes to mind and makes me boil…
Back in the day, a Socialist named Upton Sinclair wrote a novel called “The Jungle.” It was about the terrible conditions in the Chicago slaughterhouses.
It caused a lot of people to stop buying processed meat.
The meat packers got together and demanded the government step in.
We got food regulations because the processors wanted to keep making money.
And he wrote it to emphasize the terrible working conditions but everyone, instead, went, “Ew, I’m eating that??”
Great book. More relevant today than ever.