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icl this book has only exacerbated my anxiety for the future. almost 100 years later, and the elements of class warfare and disparity steinbeck writes about have only exacerbated.

chapter 14. results, not causes; results, not causes.

“And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his fingertips.”

chapter 5 has left me speechless - might genuinely be one of the best chapters i’ve ever read. such visceral use of language to illustrate how humans remain willingly complicit to the same unfair systems that enslave them. so beautifully written and timeless.

“tuberculosis does not travel primarily through paths forged by race, except insofar as human power structures force it to”

Chapter 24 might be one of the best chapters in a book I have ever read oh my god