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"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."

(I don't care if it wasn't Steinbeck - https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck#Disputed or if Steinbeck was originally talking about "Champagne Socialists" the statement as we know it stands on its own.)