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
Nah but Sinclair's bit about it being "difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it" is one of my favorite quotes to trot out when I explain to somebody how class interests and ideology work