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TIL the Jeffersonians sought to align the American economy more with agriculture than industry. Part of their motive to do so was Jefferson's fear that the over-industrialization of America would create a class of wage slaves who relied on their employers for income and sustenance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarianism?wprov=sfti1#Jeffersonian_democracy
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