If the market does indeed embody the sum of all human wishes, then the secret ones are just as important as the ones that are openly displayed.
Eric SchlosserThe history of the twentieth century was dominated by the struggle against totalitarian systems of state power. The twenty-first will no doubt be marked by a struggle to curtail excessive corporate power.
Eric SchlosserMost fast food is fried. Fried food tastes great, and people dont seem to care about the fat aspect.
Eric SchlosserThe fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches.
Eric SchlosserI really like visiting schools, but what I tell students isn't anywhere near as interesting to me as what they tell me.
Eric SchlosserThe way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000โฆ. Now our food is coming from enormous assembly lines where the animals and the workers are being abused, and the food has become much more dangerous in ways that are deliberately hidden from us. This isnโt just about what weโre eating. Itโs about what weโre allowed to say. What weโre allowed to know.
Eric Schlosser