[frogjerk]

The muckraker Upton Sinclair was commissioned to write "The Jungle" by the leading socialist newspaper at the time, Appeal to Reason

from:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/500504/10-things-you-should-know-about-upton-sinclairs-jungle

[enraged]

The first 2/3 of the book was pretty good then he went full retard about the glories of socialism.

[piasa]

I had to read The Jungle when I was a Junior in High School. Maybe it was required in Illinois, not sure it was the teacher’s choice. I immediately spotted it was propaganda, and the author is correct - the teacher didn’t get into the rest of the story.