The Fast Are Furious

There is SO much that can be said about the fast food strikes that were launched across the country recently.  Here’s just two selected points:

1   The workers were invigorated a bit by the fact that their ranks have been bolstered by better educated people who have been marginalized economically in this post Great Recession “recovery.” These people remember what it was like to be something approaching middle class.

2   The corporatized media has, as expected, given short shrift.  But so have most fast food restaurant attendees, even those whose economic status would be similar and whose goals would in theory be nearly congruent.

In an over-individualized culture of disconnection and social in-camaraderie, the isolation strategy of the wealthy class seems to be working splendidly.