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Zulanka in NK wrote:

I don't think it's going to be easy getting the working class in imperialist countries behind a socialist project while being honest about the things we're likely to give up. Some of the people most obsessed with the goods and such you mention aren't actual labor aristocrats, they're those who don't much access to these goods now. Maybe conditions will simply have worsened to the point that this discussion won't be relevant in the near future though.

I've been thinking about this for a long time aswell. I think the key is to show that we don't necessarily have to give up anything, in fact the redistributed wealth will make the average person better off.
What about those things even the "aspirational middle classes" will gain like socialized medicine, housing and education?
True, people are afraid of what they might lose it we clear away the current situation, especially so those who already struggle to keep their heads above water. The less you have the more you stand to lose, relatively speaking. The capitalist schema teaches people to think like that.
I think a part of the revolution should be a "civilian" effort. By that I mean, regardless of whether there is widespread fighting or not, before the revolution is won, even before it starts, we should be trying to organise society along the lines we envision. We should simply ignore the existence of the state, organise a local rubbish collection, run it as a co-op of some sort, don't register it with the government in any way. That sort of thing, but on a bigger scale. We need to be able to offer better material alternatives and I don't think that's too hard.