[daniel1212]

We once had a dynamic of lower social class of hard workers. But the open border lovers started flooding the country in 1965, and only got worse. We have several generations of citizens who were wiped out by the wage dynamic of cheap foreign labor. That becomes cemented into the social classes.

Last I checked, the % of foreign born residents in the US now (15.8%) is about the same as it was in 1915. The difference is that the latter was not incentivized by welfare, but to work, coming from a culture of work, but while most immigrants to the US do want to work - less foreign born are on welfare than among native-born Americans - yet both classes are incentivized to obtain welfare. The gov. itself has spend millions promoting SNAP. 42 million Americans are enrolled.

[Theoria]

You had the foreign percentage from a low in 65, go ganbuster higher at a time with women entering the workforce and technology and innovation helping to bring forth more efficiency. More labor to kneecap manual labor and other lower social jobs. The stagnation of lower paid jobs held forth since then, the 7 mass amnesties since 1986 have since put the stake into the heart of lower class labor.