I don’t share your pessimism. In the US Empire, on the ground at least, there’s a major shift in how the global south is viewed, and how socialism is. The media is met with far more skepticism, and unlike the past where televized news was the main way of getting information, nowadays people get all their info online. It’s a qualitatively different era. Now, the older generations are absolutely still hyper-conservative, but younger generations are more progressive than any young generation in many decades.