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1. Ritzer lists individual actions you can take against McDonaldization in your daily life (p. 179-180). What is your reaction to this list? How practical do you think it is? How do you think adopting it might improve or diminish the quality of your life?
2. First, think of an example of “nothing” that is quite present in your life. It can be an object, a place, or an activity.
Now, look for a “something” version of it.
- How easy or difficult was it to find it?
- Comparing the two versions, which one are you more satisfied with, and why?
- What does that say about the place of McDonaldization in your life?
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Ritzer defines McDonald as "the process by which the principles of the fast-food
restaurant are beginning to dominate most regions of the American society as well as in the rest
of the world." Thus, we can see that McDonaldism does affect not only restaurants but also
education, work, health services, travel, leisure, diet, politics, family, that is, all aspects of
society.
I agree with these actions, and I still consider that in our days all attemp...
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