In 1912, the US Presidential election vote was split between 4 parties which each ran pro-worker candidates, including the Socialist Party. The idea that even 1 would have such an alignment in our elections today is seen as preposterous. What happened? The Soviet Union, which would would begin its formation in 1917. Once WW2 ended, the USSR and the US would be powerful rivals of each other. With this, American oligarchs found an opportunity. You see, while very progressive and Keynesian for its time, the postwar US was still undoubtedly capitalist in contrast to the communist USSR. They realized that the two superpowers' economic systems, while not nearly as divisive as their political ambitions, could be co-opted onto the conflict. This meant creating a false relationship between socialism and the USSR versus capitalism and the US. In effect, they tricked people into believing that to be a socialist was to be pro-Soviet and therefore a traitor, while to be a capitalist was to be pro-US and therefore a patriot. These lies would eventually lead to the election of our most antiworker president, Ronald Reagan, who'd spend 8 years destroying almost everything that was built upon in the previous 60. You can tell that it's even “trickled down” to today. Ever noticed how weirdly passionate people are about disliking communism, as if it's more than just another economic system? Many don't really understand what communism is besides being something they're not supposed to like, which is exactly how the fallacy got started. These days, the oligarchs don't even need to further convince us that what's bad for them is bad for us because we've already internalized it. If you ever try to argue for things like unionization, business regulation, and social programs, you're called anti-American, even though these were the things championed by some of our best presidents. At a time when the Soviet Union is gone, it makes no sense for us to continue believing in the lie that communism hates America and America is intrinsically capitalist, because it only benefits those at the top who want to continue fooling the worker into undermining him/herself.