American capitalism rolled back the New Deal due to a weak working class
Evidence
Historians have long argued that there is a close connection between the underdevelopment of the American welfare state and the overdevelopment of its carceral counterpart. The US labor movement, as noted, was never as strong as its European equivalents. Nor was the indigenous bourgeoisie discredited by collaboration with fascism after the Second World War. On the contrary, it confidently presided over an expanding economic empire that extended its reach into Europe and the Pacific. American capitalists were thus able to roll back many of the limited social achievements of the New Deal, prioritizing the Cold War arms buildup and fillips to consumer spending. — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics, 234
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships