Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the disparity between risks faced by consumers and workers versus the benefits enjoyed by corporations.
Cesar Chavez's quote emphasizes the imbalance in society where the risks associated with products and labor fall disproportionately on consumers and workers, particularly vulnerable groups. In contrast, it points out that the financial gains and advantages are concentrated in the hands of corporations and those who profit from the labor and consumption of others, thereby critiquing systemic inequality and the exploitation inherent in capitalist structures.
In practice
In a speech about consumer rights during a rally, one might use this quote to highlight the need for better regulations.
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings.
I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor the organization is going to have.
In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
Our union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle.
Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.
The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.
Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
From the earliest ages of history to the present day there never have been thirteen millions of people associated in one political body who enjoyed so much freedom and happiness as the people of these United States. You have no longer any cause to fear danger from abroad... It is from within, among yourselves - from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power.
A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.
We cannot run a democracy without a strong middle class.
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