Matt Luce

What a great book! I knew this was supposed to be a good book, but never got around to reading it because I figured I wouldn’t really learn anything new, and that it would cover the same material as another book I just finished. I was wrong. Fast Food Nation covers quite a bit that I wasn’t aware of, specifically the business practices of the food industry. The working conditions in the slaughterhouses are like that of a sweatshop. Also, despite decrying that they are simply champions of the “free market”, the fast food industry receives huge dollars in government subsidies. One example is “worker training”, although the workers are never really trained. The fast food industry also preys upon the youth of America by focusing its marketing efforts on those who are too young to know better.

I could go on and on about this book, but I won’t. The book is incredible. I know this is cliche, but I wish everyone in America would read this.

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