Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict by Nibert David A

Author:Nibert, David A.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: NAT039000, Nature/Animal Rights, HIS039000, History/Civilization
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2013-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE “HAMBURGER” CULTURE

A great deal of study had gone into creating the appearance and personality of Ronald McDonald, right down to the color and texture of his wig. I loved Ronald. So did the kids.

—Ray Kroc, in Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s

A food scientist signed a report that a normal healthy child could eat nothing but our hamburgers and water, and fully develop all its physical and mental faculties.

—Billy Ingram, in Selling ’Em by the Sack: White Castle and the Creation of American Food

Meat from our farms and packinghouses is playing a part almost on par with tanks, planes, and bullets.

—1943 U.S. Office of Price Administration pamphlet

If one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people.

—Ruth Harrison, Animal Machines

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