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Thank you John Steinbeck

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[-] Ishmael@hexbear.net 39 points 1 month ago

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

[-] ryepunk@hexbear.net 37 points 1 month ago

Sinclair himself is said to have noted "I aimed for the heart of the American public, missed and hit them in the stomach instead."

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