Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

by Arlie Russell Hochschild

Andrew Puzder, former CEO of the fast-food restaurants Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, and Donald Trump’s first choice for secretary of labor, explained in an interview with Business Insider, robots are “always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there’s never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex or race discrimination case.” And so for millions of people, the line inching toward the American Dream has gotten slower and longer.