Do you know who laid the foundation for the FDA?
President Theodore Roosevelt. Do you know why? Because he read a great piece of literature that exposed the mistreatment of immigrant workers and the disgusting, unsanitary practices in meatpacking plants…
The book is called “The Jungle.”
President Theodore Roosevelt. Do you know why? Because he read a great piece of literature that exposed the mistreatment of immigrant workers and the disgusting, unsanitary practices in meatpacking plants…
The book is called “The Jungle.”
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They will kill people — the most vulnerable among us— babies and the elderly and immunocompromised. They don’t give a shit.
Rise up, friends. Talk back.
We will relive the truths of "The Jungle" very soon.
And rich americans will pay premium to import from countries with standards.
Poor americans will get sick more and have more hospital bills.
Now they want to repeat it? I guess all of these billionaires plan to live in gated compounds to separate themselves from the peasants.
….suddenly, we were having to buy sports equipment, marching bands were gone,……..no high speed rails for us ☹️
https://bsky.app/profile/dreadpiratezed.bsky.social/post/3lltnk3rcuc2s
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory
The only Compatible Country in Europe to have that many Casualties. Is Ukraine. But it is a war with Russia.
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1950s, before Civil Rights.
1930s, before the social safety nets.
1900s, before the FDA.
Next it will be 1850, and we'll have slavery again.
How Novel…
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle
The Jungle was one of these books.
It is a book I will NEVER forget.
It does not surprise me that it inspired policy.
J. S. Mill, "On Liberty"
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle
Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
George Orwell, 1984
Interestingly, R.Nixon purposed the EPA to protect human health and the environment.
lol j/k our grandkids aren't going to be able to read
https://www.conflictedhistory.com/the-kitchen-cartel/
Was a great book by a great author.
Now, I'm sure we can expect to go back to unsafe, unsanitary conditions under this administration.
written by
Upton Sinclair
I just thought it was so gross the terrible conditions
the way people worked
The rats really scared me
That moron only knows his own name because people yell it at him.
I will not be loyal to a country who won’t take care of our people. Our veterans are blessings
He finished the speech.
Wait long enough and someone will decide that maybe that good idea we worked so hard to develop is worth discarding.
Two divorces further down the road and a period of homeless (not on the street just no own house) i think i have 2 or 3 copies left.
That is ok i don't need to own.
That's like saying, "Auto accidents are down. The traffic light worked. We can remove it now."
But, did you read the book?
For those who haven’t, It is a frightening, violent portrayal of the prolonged evil treatment of others that unchecked greed & racial bias allowed, & even emulated, across an industry. Seems timely to insist on Never again
FDR's NEW DEAL with American working class was a promise that if we agree to keep our Republic
FDR hated communism.
Can you guess which party has been attacking/eroding this promise for decades; even going so far as calling New Deal supporters communists.
1. Can’t read above 5th grade level
2. Doesn’t have the attention span to actually read a whole book
3. Doesn’t think reading is a normal everyday activity
Unfortunately, he also set up the Indian boarding school system.
I never forgot it.
I also didn’t eat meat for four years after that.
Very descriptive.
Importantly so
I know several ppl who should read it themselves.
His favorite part is where the boy, Mowgli, faces off against Shere Khan, the tiger.
Important read
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poison-squad/
They answer to a higher authority
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boars-head-listeria-recall-bug-mold-mildew-what-to-know/
REQUIRED READING ‼️
You’ve made your point. We are definitely fucked.
Maybe we can get some goon to paraphrase it on Fox and Friends?
“So that’s how a nine year old’s degloved hand ended up in your 80/20 burger”
The next 2 books show the rise of Fascism and the lessons to be learnt from that have been totally ignored by us.