They wanted, whether you were a worker or a business owner or a farmer or a farmhand, they wanted some similarity across all American classes. If you have a permanent class of low wage serfs, many of whom don't even speak English, that destroys the citizenship ethos that makes our democracy possible in the first place. These people don't care because they want the cheap labor. I care because I love my country. A lot of people look at America more as a financial opportunity. Exactly. (59:48–1:00:00)
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Asserts that a permanent class of low-wage, non-English-speaking workers undermines American democracy.
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