Eating connects us to our histories as much as it connects our souls to our bodies, our bodies to the earth.
The aristocrats had to force them to do their jobs. After all, human beings are not badgers. We aren't molded to stoop.
...eating is the purest mode of consumption. Our purchases are statements about our social class, our friends, and our beliefs. Buying something as continually necessary as food is an ongoing act of self-definition.