The Martyr Made Podcast

#21 Whose America?: Prologue

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May 23, 2022
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INSIGHT

Class in American History

  • Popular American history often overlooks social class, portraying the US as classless after independence.
  • This narrative ignores the reality of class struggles and the exploitation of laborers.
INSIGHT

Colonists as Waste People

  • Early colonists, often seen as expendable, were sent to America to develop the land.
  • This perspective viewed the poor as waste people to be exploited for economic gain.
ANECDOTE

England's War on the Poor

  • The English sought to reduce poverty through starvation, disease, war, or exile to the colonies.
  • Colonies became workhouses, transforming the poor into economic assets.
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