Chapter six
PRECIS: The affects that modernization has on the enviornment and the sconomic stability of ranchers in the mid-west. The original cowboys try and preserve the land while making a living, but once again due to the major corporations ranchers are either forced out of their jobs or forced to sell their cattle for much less than they are worth.
GEMS:
"Hank literally lost part of his ranch evry year." p.135
"To get a sense of what an independent rancher now faces imagine how the New York Stock Exchange would function if large investors could keep the terms of all their stock trades secret." p. 138
MY THOUGHTS: I thought that the pattern of everyone being mistreated despite what part they play in society. Im interested to see if Schlosser will expose the major corporations, the inequity amongst them. If there is any, I can't imagine that all of that money would be spread evenly up in their fancy offices on the top floors.
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