WellTheresYourCobbler [ey/em, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoLove when I’m reading a book and it randomly goes on an anti-communist rant 14 chapters in lmaomessage-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareLove when I’m reading a book and it randomly goes on an anti-communist rant 14 chapters in lmaoWellTheresYourCobbler [ey/em, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIshmael [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 month agoYeah its essentially about wage slavery, classism, and the injustices of capitalism, but its immediate impact on society was creating higher cleanliness standards in the meat-packing industry
minus-squareryepunk [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·1 month agoSinclair himself is said to have noted “I aimed for the heart of the American public, missed and hit them in the stomach instead.”
Yeah its essentially about wage slavery, classism, and the injustices of capitalism, but its immediate impact on society was creating higher cleanliness standards in the meat-packing industry
Sinclair himself is said to have noted “I aimed for the heart of the American public, missed and hit them in the stomach instead.”