Functionally the post-war period. 50's to 70s'. Then a TV star became president and eroded many of the gains made by workers, while shifting the overton window pretty far right. Took another 20 years to get rolling, and it's gone out of control in the lat 30:
Wealth distribution in America is becoming increasingly unequal, with the wealth held by the top 0.1% reaching its highest level on record.
www.visualcapitalist.com
And yes, many in the capital class WOULD support trump. all those silly worker protections are limiting the size of their yachts. Easier if we estabilish some kind of Labour Front and allow the Capital Class to dictate the terms of employment.
To win over German workers and replace their socialist loyalties with fascism, the Third Reich made a Nazi version of May Day a national holiday. But the real International Workers’ Day is the one that lives on today.
jacobin.com
" Hitler expressed his intention to rescue the holiday from the clutches of radicals who had perverted its meaning, turning Germans against one another when they ought to be celebrating their shared heritage and traditions instead. “The symbol of class conflict,” he said, “of never-ending strife and discord, is now becoming once again the symbol of the great unity and uprising of the nation.”"
" A new slogan was chosen for the holiday which appeared to elevate the working class without promoting class conflict: “Honor the work, and respect the worker.” Hitler stressed that the reimagined holiday would both celebrate German workers and represent cross-class German unity, saying, “It is necessary to teach each rank and class the significance of the other ranks and classes.”"
" On May 2, 1933, the day following the first Nazi May Day, brownshirts
stormed the offices of the country’s trade unions, confiscated their funds, and arrested their officials. Independent trade unions were thereafter banned in the Third Reich. They were replaced by the German Labour Front, whose
flag depicted an industrial symbol encircling a swastika. "
