I remember reading once that we (America) never had a true labor revolution because the labor movement was always divided by racism. It may not always be racism, but during reconstruction the powers that be definitely learned that keeping the lower classes fighting among each other will keep them rich.

We DO have labor history in this country. Unless you're from one of the union stronghold states like Pennsylvania, it isn't taught much.

Even in the founding of our country most of the founders were merchant class. France and Russia have a cultural history of killing monarchs. The US has a cultural history of the wealthy finding a way to keep making money. These two things happened in similar ways but the way that they're framed historically are completely different. Your revolutions are taught to be about bread and injustice. Ours are taught to be about taxes.

Poor Thomas Paine. He tried so hard to help put us on the right track.