“[A] phony standard... from Medieval England... says that you are thrown out of court if you don't have a specific interest... that usually now means an economic interest... a corporation that might lose sales, for example.”

— Ralph Nader

"American Mythology and the Loss of Democracy" (2018)

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American consumer rights activist and corporate critic 1934

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