I think this really depends on the kind of businesses that VCs are pursuing. Many of the current wave of startups are directed at turning the poor into an app-d

I think this really depends on the kind of businesses that VCs are pursuing. Many of the current wave of startups are directed at turning the poor into an app-directed servant class, or otherwise making their lives more difficult by intensifying problems like housing instability (e.g. AirBNB). It becomes a zero sum game when the object is maximize the exploitation and vulnerability of the labor force. You’re right to say that it’s not an issue of immigrants vs natives. But rich vs. the poor in the US is becoming very “us against them.”