In 2001, over the holidays, I received six copies of Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation. They came mostly from friends of my parents—people I had never received a present from before (and haven’t since). Fast Food Nation’s in-depth exposé of the American meatpacking industry struck a chord with so many people, that even those who knew I was already vegetarian couldn’t wait to get that book off a bookstore shelf and into my student dreamer hands.
Bernie Sanders’Our Revolution could be 2017’s Fast Food Nation, if we want it to be. We could put this part autobiography/part clean outline of Sanders’ ideology into the hands of baby dreamer students in our social spheres with a short, inspiring note: “The future is yours, Emily!”“Taxpayers spend about $7 billion a year subsidizing the wages of fast food workers, Taylor!”“It’s time to start questioning things, Devin!”
Make them ask, “Are you my mom’s friend?”