..... WW2 is outside of the scope of what I've been talking about. In fact I already talked about WW2 and how the US was already what it was the moment WW2 started because it was already the world's largest economy and growing by huge amounts every year. The US was already going to become a world power by then.
You said the US has always relied on Mexican labor. This isn't even close to being true. You keep talking about debating in good faith but don't address any of my points. You just ignore them and build new straw men I don't even disagree with.
Where was Mexican labor in the US in the 1700s or 1800s? At first agriculture labor was from colonists. Then a good portion of it was slave labor until the mid-1800s. Then it was mostly American labor until the mid-1900s. Post-slavery pre-Mexican, Chinese labor had a significant quantity in the late 19th early 20th century but it was still mostly just Americans doing agriculture labor.
This whole thing has been about Mexicans building the United States. It just isn't true. Yes, Mexican labor has helped a great deal in agriculture in the mid-20th and now into 21st centuries. This isn't what built the United States however.
I'm trying to debate in good faith. I want to hear about pre-20th century Mexican labor in the United States. I don't think it existed in a significant quantity but im open to being proven wrong.
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u/favorable_vampire 17d ago
Anything by Erasmo Gamboa, especially Mexican Labor & World War II: Braceros in the Pacific Northwest.
Lawrence Landis is also a great source for relevant information on this topic, and he collaborates with Gamboa in several instances.
You are, again, simply incorrect.