To some extent, certainly. In the US and Western Europe, there was a period of class collaboration or class reconciliation that lasted from the end of WWII to t

To some extent, certainly. In the US and Western Europe, there was a period of class collaboration or class reconciliation that lasted from the end of WWII to the early 1970s. Labor unions were strong, but were also willing to settle for fairly limited demands and avoid open conflict. The existence of a strong Communist bloc meant that capitalist countries had to treat their workers well enough to win the propaganda war. This detente started breaking down in the 1970s, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, all bets were off, leading to the enshittification of capitalist society we see today.