Flipping through the channels while TCM hawks wine and moviewear during intermission, the Purple Dragon finally found something good.
“The Food That Built America!” exulted PD. “The History Channel usually features Ancient Aliens and UnXplained junk science, but this program is solid information.
“The stories of how name-brand manufactured foods were developed and marketed reveal a lot about American culture.
“Of course these reenactments of events focus on conflict (what is it with you humans, that you do so love fights?).
“But the facts show that most corporations were founded on greed, theft, and betrayal.”
PD shifted to a more comfortable seat on the sofa.
“An entire economy based on extracting every last dollar from one’s neighbors, by any means necessary.
“Living with each other, you humans don’t need any other predators. “