Is the idea of class struggle an alien concept in America?

Not really, but some ignorant people might try calling you a commie.

I think it is historically a bit different in America, since we lacked much or an official aristocracy, and some of us have notions about anyone having the theoretical opportunity to become ultra-rich, the POTUS, or at least middle-class. Of course, that idea also often gets twisted and used in attempts to shame the poor, or tell people who are critical to shut up and just go get more jobs, which is a flavor of class conflict, it seems to me.

Technically, you could argue that that is what happened when the “founders” committed treason against the crown.
A class struggle of politicians derived from the common rabble against the aristocracy.

But the class struggle of the worker against the moneyed elites was effectively killed by the anti-soviet propaganda of the Cold War.

Class itself is a foreign concept to most people in the US.

No it’s not @product.

It may not be part of the myth of America but anyone who knows history should know that groups and people such as the Wobblies, the coal miners, Emma Goldman, Eugene V Debs, etc., were highly engaged in class struggle.

There are tremendous differences in income in the US. There are the super-rich and the upper middle classes on the one hand and those working multiple jobs to make ends meet on the other. These differences have been increasing over time so there is an economic division in the country whatever you choose to call it.

In the past differences in wealth were not so pronounced and America was a land of opportunity in a way that it isn’t today. Most people in low paid jobs are now stuck there barely earning enough to survive on. The idea of class struggle in the US is going to be less and less of an alien concept as time goes on and it would be better if it were recognised as a problem now rather than later.

To older Americans who can see past the bullshit…yes it is. “Class” is a young person’s game. Young people value money, class and wealth more than it’s worth…which is not that much. When you grow up, you see it and the games end if you have half a brain. Most Americans over 60 do contrary to popular belief.