“The federal government has more power to recall a defective stuffed animal who's little glass eye may fall off than to recall contaminated ground beef that could sicken or even kill hundreds if not thousands of people. The meat-packing industry is so powerful that it's managed to prevent the government from having this basic power of recalling a defective product.” PeopleIfsMayLittlesGovernmentEyeFallAnimalPowerfulProductsIndustryGlassesMeatRecallsFederal GovernmentBeefDefectivePackingStuffed Animal Author:Eric Schlosser
“I feel so guilty when I see orcas performing their stupid tricks in their little swimming pools, and when I see circuses or elephant abuse. I don't want to be in the same industry with these people.” PeopleWantFeelsLittlesStupidIndustryAbuseTricksGuiltyPerformingSwimmingPoolElephantsCircusSwimming Pool Author:Sam Simon
“The most striking thing about modern industry is that it requires so much and accomplishes so little.” LittlesModernIndustryAccomplish Book:SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL Source: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
“Turn inward and say to yourself "I'm just gonna do it". That mindset got me to where I am now. I look at the industry like it's a giant mall, and I have a little store - this what I'm selling: I do stand-up, I've got a podcast, and occasionally I act.” LooksLittlesTurnsIndustryMindsetStoresSellingGiantsInwardMalls Author:Bill Burr
“With the media, we don't know what's true, and we don't have radical transparency because we're seeing everything through somebody else's eyes. There's no other industry that has as much power and as much freedom and as little quality control. I can't imagine how anyone could not think that's a problem.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesI CanProblemEyeQualityImagineSeeingMediaIndustryRadicalTransparencyQuality Control Author:Ray Dalio
“Caterpillar was quite important because that was the first manufacturing industry that used Reaganite strike-breaking techniques. They illegally called in scabs to break a major strike. It was reported pretty well in the Chicago Tribune, who pointed out something very interesting. They said that the workers got very little support in Peoria when scabs illegally broke the strike, and that was particularly striking because that whole community had been built up by the union - it was a union-based community.” FirstsWellsLittlesSaidImportantWholeUsedCommunityInterestingBreakSupportIndustryMajorsBuiltUnionsWorkersStrikesTechniqueBrokeChicagoThey SaidVery InterestingManufacturingCaterpillarsScabsPeoria Author:Noam Chomsky