#upton sinclair

meat packing stereograph, chicago, 1890s.

Wanna read a book written about a hundred years ago about how American capitalism exploited immigrants and ruined their lives, but nobody cared about that part of the book, because the book incidentally also exposed the disgusting and unsanitary conditions in food processing and meatpacking plants to such a degree that Congress at that time passed legislation to ensure cleaner conditions?

Conditions that existed until RFK Jr (aka Pestilence) decided that they weren't that important because it was a hundred years ago and he is too dumb to know or care that companies under capitalism cannot be trusted not to harm their workers or their customers. And also because he is rich with excellent medical care, he assumes that a little dysentery and E Coli will be survivable and good for everyone. Who needs kidneys anyway, amirite?

This book follows an immigrant and his bride-to-be (and eventual wife) as they are put to backbreaking work making America's factories run, and how that system not only destroys them without batting an eye, but is so disgusting that it is literally poisoning the population buying the food it produces.

I really know how to upsell, I know.

This book used to be required reading in many high schools but I doubt it is anymore. It probably still should be.

Fortunately, it's free from Project Gutenberg.

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