Activists, Scholars and Politicians Mused About Why Socialism Did Not

Activists, scholars and politicians mused about why socialism did not take hold in America, giving all of the following as reasons except

A) American workers' refusal to see themselves as a separate class.
B) the western frontier provided a safety valve that allowed workers to leave oppressive employers.
C) law and government policy prevented workers from organizing and advocating for higher wages and better working conditions.
D) workers' remarkably high standard of living.
E) workers had full political economy long before the forces of industrialization developed.