Scott made a preliminary report on a socalled Energy Survey of North America. In which he wrote. In part. as follows: The American worker. on a production basis. is the poorest paid in the world. surpassing even the Chinese coolie. long the symbolic victim of economic oppression. who. in comparison. is richly rewarded for what he produces If America is to continue to operate this system. she must break entirely with the past. All social. political. economic theories must be thrown away. They are not even good points of departure for the formulation of the rules of the new game.
Identified stereotypes
Comparing American workers to Chinese coolies as the symbolic victim of economic oppression.