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“The market is a tool, and a useful one. But the worship of this tool is a hollow faith. Far more important than any tool is what you make with it.”

Quote by Eric Schlosser

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Eric Schlosser is an American journalist and author renowned for his investigative reporting on social and political issues. Born on August 17, 1959, Schlosser has written extensively on the American food industry, labor rights, and the military-industrial complex. His most notable work is the book 'Fast Food Nation', which critically examines the impact of the fast food industry on society. more

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“The executives who run the fast food industry are not bad men. They are businessmen. They will sell free-range, organic, grass-fed hamburgers if you demand it. They will sell whatever sells at a profit.”

Ifs Men Running Industry Demand Sells Profit Range Grass Executives Feds Businessman Fast Food Hamburgers Bad Man Food Industry Fast Food Nation

Book:Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Source: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

“In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined.”

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Book:Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Source: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

“The industry doesn't want you to know the truth about what you're eating, because if you knew, you might not want to eat it.”

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“Marijuana gives rise to insanity -- not in its users but in the policies directed against it. A nation that sentences the possessor of a single joint to life imprisonment without parole but sets a murderer free after perhaps six years is in the grips of a deep psychosis.”

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“Green Day was more of the influence than Blink.”

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“When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out.”

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“You don't even have to leave your house: you do your work from your house; you can order anything you want from your house; you don't have to leave your chair. Everything's been designed so that you never leave your computer chair.”

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“As you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark.”

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“You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and monotonous. Work is a much better explanation for the creeping cretinization all around us than even such significant moronizing mechanisms as television and education.”

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“The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps”

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Book:The Abolition of Work and Other Essays

Source: The Abolition of Work and Other Essays