I am probably the last person to read it, considering it came out in 2001, but I am loving the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. It is muckraking at it's best. And it's making me think a lot. Corporate fast food has taken over so much of America's landscape it is ridiculous, and this has lead to corporate takeover of the land and facilities that produce the food too. It seems you can't get away from corporate America no matter how hard you try. And we push it into other countries too. I love America for all the freedoms I have. However, I am not thrilled with the corporate takeover not only of the food industry but of practically every industry in America. Banks, computers, clothing, grocery stores, etc. Small businesses closing up shop while Walmarts, Kohl's, Taco Bell and McDonalds are opening all across America. I've never had the opportunity to travel all the way across America. But I'm starting to think if I did it now I wouldn't be too impressed. It would be like one giant strip mall extending all the way across. Whoopie. Such is progress.
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