We're All Connected By The System, And

Fast Food Is Popular Because It's Convenient, It's Cheap, And It Tastes Good. But The Real Cost Of Eating Fast Food Never Appears On The Menu.

Future Historians, I Hope, Will Consider The American Fast Food Industry A Relic Of The Twentieth Century--a Set Of Attitudes, Systems, And Beliefs That Emerged From Postwar Southern California, That Embodied Its Limitless Faith In Technology, That Quickly Spread Across The Globe, Flourished Briefly, And Then Receded, Once Its True Costs Became Clear And Its Thinking Became Obsolete.

By Birth And Upbringing, I Think I'm Emotionally Resilient. I Don't Feel Like I'm A Depressive Person.

I Went Into The Library And Read About Fast Food And Became Amazed By All The Stuff I Didn't Know. I Learned That There Is A Whole World Behind The Counter That, It Seemed To Me, Has Been Deliberately Hidden From The Public.

When You Go Into A Fast Food Restaurant, You May Just Think About How Good Your Meal Tastes While You're Eating It. But You're Not Thinking About All The Consequences That Come From That One Purchase - The Consequences For Your Body, The Consequences For Supporting This Company And How It's Treating It Workers, All The Way Back To The Farm Where The Potatoes Were Grown, Or The Ranch Where The Cattle Were Raised.