http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=48 An occasional journal of ideas and work by Michael Fitzgerald Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:45:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=48#comment-105 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:17:29 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=48#comment-105 [...] Okay fine. However, Michael Fitzgerald’s excellent post on Fast Food Nation (and associated economic/historical chronicles like The Jungle) brings to mind a sort of corollary to the Weber Thesis: that capitalism conducted by people with no moral compass at all can get pretty ugly. In fact, gets ugly in fairly predictable, exploitative ways, with alarming frequency. It calls to mind the entrepreneurs who ran out on 9/12/01 to claim all sorts of 9/11-related marketing phrases and URLs - one such person, guy confronted by a newspaper reporter about the exploitation of others’ misfortune, responded along the lines of, “Hey man, it’s just good old fashioned capitalism.” Well, no sir, it isn’t. The question wasn’t about the economic system.  [...] […] Okay fine. However, Michael Fitzgerald’s excellent post on Fast Food Nation (and associated economic/historical chronicles like The Jungle) brings to mind a sort of corollary to the Weber Thesis: that capitalism conducted by people with no moral compass at all can get pretty ugly. In fact, gets ugly in fairly predictable, exploitative ways, with alarming frequency. It calls to mind the entrepreneurs who ran out on 9/12/01 to claim all sorts of 9/11-related marketing phrases and URLs - one such person, guy confronted by a newspaper reporter about the exploitation of others’ misfortune, responded along the lines of, “Hey man, it’s just good old fashioned capitalism.” Well, no sir, it isn’t. The question wasn’t about the economic system.  […]

]]> http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=48#comment-86 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:22:03 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=48#comment-86 That line is unforgettable. That line is unforgettable.

]]> http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=48#comment-85 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:49:07 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=48#comment-85 I've been hamburger-free since reading Schlosser's book and getting to the line about fecal matter. It helped me delve a little deeper into what meat recalls and how they work. I’ve been hamburger-free since reading Schlosser’s book and getting to the line about fecal matter. It helped me delve a little deeper into what meat recalls and how they work.

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