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Monday, December 2, 2013

The Jungle

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`He believed they needed to basically be haters to one another. The people had to not care about working conditions and not care about other employees.
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The plant owners main goal was to make money. They didn't care how they did it or what they needed to do, the main goal was to maximize the money flow.
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 This means that no matter what the task is or what is being ask of the workers they will not double guess themselves if it means they make a dollar. It shows how bad the conditions were back then and how anybody would do almost anything for money.


An area that is enforced today would be the slaughterhouses. These places are where we get most of our meat that we either buy at the store or buy at a restaurant. Farmers in the past have treated  animals with very little care and it didn't  raise an issue to the general population regarding animal cruelty. In the 1800's there weren't associations like the USDA who regulate the treatment of the animals. Even recently people believe that animals aren't being treated they way they should be treated at slaughterhouses, and some want slaughterhouses to be gone completely. The USDA stresses on not treating the animal with unnecessary cruelty to kill it. They do have a long check list that is updated as things change to make sure no animals is getting an unfair treatment.