They see that other classes fatten from their productions, and without stopping to inquire why it is so, straightway conclude that they are the subjects of an oppressive power which desires to completely wrest the results of their labor from them, and to always keep them in the condition of virtual vassalage.
Woodhull explains that laborers often feel oppressed without understanding the reasons behind their situation.
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