Upton Sinclair wrote an expose on how manipulated American factory workers were and how socialism was the answer. And everyone’s takeaway was just, “ew they’re putting rats in our food”. Which, yeah that sucks, but is kinda missing the bigger picture.
Anyway, whenever I see issues with the FDA being underfunded I think about some of the imagery in that book and cringe
I have to say the impact of The Jungle was huge. Now instead of having European immigrants getting mangled in unsafe meat packing facilities we have Latin American immigrants getting mangled in meat packing facilities with the constant threat of ICE over their head if they go to the FDA or OSHA. Progress!