It’s Time to Remember That Fast-Food Companies Are the Worst

"This ubiquitous global chain is portrayed as both a cultural phenomenon and a symbol of the fast-food industry's many harms: its products are unhealthy, its scale drives environmental damage and culinary homogenization, and its corporate choices have pushed automation and resisted meaningful wage increases. Pop-culture revivals of discontinued items have generated intense public fascination, turning nostalgia into marketing moments, even as the chain remains emblematic of the ethical and labor concerns tied to low pay, reduced staffing, and the prioritization of consistency over local culinary difference." - Chris Crowley