Reading this book has helped solidify a feeling that has been manifesting itself for a long time. I once traveled to Australia and was dismayed about the prevelance of American fast food chains. Looking for foreign culture is difficult when the closest restaurant to your apartment is a McDonald's.Fast Food Nation simply and eloquently presents the disgusting cultural homogenization that America has become subject to. Mr. Schlosser's graphic descriptions of the Meatpacking Industry are overshadowed only by the parasitic nature of Fast Food chains and their ever-expadanding empires.A testament to social awarness, Fast Food Nation is an eye-opening account of good intentions gone awry and a culture that is dumbly unaware of its own internal corruption.