Yeah, because before 1906, people were constantly dying from bad food. There wasn't any safe food to eat. In the whole world. For all of history. Until the FDA came along to save us in 1906.

I mean, it's demonstrably true that people aren't capable of caring for themselves. We need the government for force us to take care of ourselves.

P.S. The Jungle is a piece of left-wing propoganda.