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I wouldn't be so pessimistic, the scenario in the US today isn't fundamentally different from other eras. If class consciousness could take root in tsarist Russia, there's no reason why it can't happen in the current environment in the US. There is also a history of a strong labor movement that organized during the great depression, and it wasn't even that long ago. The material conditions will be the driver for a movement forming the same way they always do. I also think it's worth looking at MAS in Bolivia as a great recent example of this happening.