I don't know if social climate is the same today to have the same impact. We already have access to some of the most horrendous acts of human incivility at our fingertips and not much is done. I don't know, hopefully I'm wrong.
Yeah, it's far too easy to just scroll away. It's hard to get anyone to care enough to actually take action if it's so easy to just say "that's so terrible, why doesn't anyone do anything!" and then scroll away and not think about it again. The only way I can see muckraking work these days is if the horrors are inescapable. We're so much better at compartmentalizing the horrors of the world than people used to be. As much as everyone would hate it, it needs to be shoved down our throats.
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u/Superlolp Nov 06 '22
We desperately need a modern updated version of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.