“The great corporation which employed you<\/p>\n
lied to you, and lied to the whole country-from top<\/p>\n
to bottom it was nothing but one gigantic lie.<\/p>\n
The whole country was a lie; its freedom was a lie,<\/p>\n
a snare for pauper working men; its prosperity<\/p>\n
was a lie of rich employers, its justice<\/p>\n
was a lie of grafting politicians”.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Upton Sinclair<\/p>\n
From his novel “The Jungle” written and published<\/p>\n
in 1906 I believe. I suggest that anyone interested<\/p>\n
in reading it obtain a copy of the original manuscript<\/p>\n
published by Sharp Press in 2003. Check Internet.<\/p>\n
I mention the above as Sinclair was forced to water<\/p>\n
down his original account by the powers that were<\/p>\n
if he ever hoped to be published.<\/p>\n
What he wrote then can be observed today, in so<\/p>\n
many parallel ways. I warn any potential peruser,<\/p>\n
it is not a read for the faint of heart,<\/p>\n
prepare to be depressed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Islander<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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