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It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited supply of cheap commodities and unhealthy food and crumbling downtowns, no sense of place, and a permanent under class. Yay. The underclass isn’t relegated to urban ghettos either. It’s coast to coast and especially in between. Take US 50 west from Kansas City to Sacramento or US 6 from Chicago to California
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― The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
― The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
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It [trucking] is a lifestyle that pounds home the reality that liberty and freedom are deeply related to loneliness and isolation” (p. 111)
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― The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
― The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
