“[P]ublic interest groups, consumer protection organizations, and... social networks have worked relentlessly to break through the battalions of lobbyists paid by corporate interests...”

— Ralph Nader

Breaking Through Power (2016)

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American consumer rights activist and corporate critic 1934

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