The problem, of course, is that eating a lot of junk food has consequences. The act of eating Cheetos may be purely pleasurable, but the feeling you get when you realize you've just eaten an entire bag of cheesy orange puffs is less so.
The goals of the Knights of Labor mirrored the main concerns of workers across the U.S. The union fought for the regulation of working hours, and especially championed the eight-hour day. They addressed the deskilling of labor that rendered workers powerless on the job.
In Europe, these craft organizations were to be the basis of larger, mass unions uniting workers without regard for trade or, in some cases, industry (Ansell, 2001). This process began in the United States in the 1880s when craft workers in the Knights of Labor reached out to organize more broadly.