Nuclear McDonaldization and Familial Bureaucracy

George Ritzer’s book, “The McDonaldization of Society,” explains McDonaldization as “the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world”(1). This concept, at its core seeking to organize and increase productivity and profit, can now be linked to innumerable ripples blanketing our society with a range of effects, which are as controversial as they are …

…my life had been better had my parents stayed together, I’ll never know. However, giving up and going for the easy-out has become all too frequent and acceptable. McDonaldization may be regarded as being worth its consequences for some people. Yet, when it comes down to Mcdonaldizing personal relationships by shrugging off responsibilities and acting on a self-serving basis, it will never be worth enough to those of us put on the back burner.