Which of the following demonstrates Karl Marx’s conviction that social inequality would continue to grow?Group of answer choices“No one knows who will live in this cage in the future, or whether at the end of this tremendous development entirely new prophets will arise, or there will be a great rebirth of ideas and ideals, or, if neither, mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance.”“The modern laborer . . . instead of rising with the process of industry, sinks deeper and deeper below the conditions of existence of his own class. He becomes a pauper, and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth.”“A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, i.e., things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite in one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them.”“For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities and the stimuli for the development of both these ways of allocating roles to men.”

Which development would most reflect Karl Marx's belief in the economic system that he predicted would replace free markets?A.Companies begin to sell their products in overseas markets.B.Governments eliminate all taxes on wealthy corporations.C.Workers share all the profits generated from a factory.D.Businesses refuse to hire workers who demand high wages.

Which of the following statements challenges Karl Marx’s claims that workers will inevitably overthrow a capitalist economic system?A.The rewards received by many white-collar workers in capitalist societies are no different from those received by factory workers in Marx’s time.B.No advanced capitalist society has ever experienced a class revolution by the workers.C.Average living standards in most capitalist societies have risen over time.D.There are vast differences in the amount of wealth held by the rich and the poor in capitalist societies.

According to Karl Marx, the defining trait of the bourgeoisie is __________.A.more schoolingB.ownership of productive propertyC.greater numbersD.powerlessness

What term did Karl Marx use to describe the fact that most of the population accepts inequality even when it does not benefit them personally?Group of answer choicesclass consciousnessexistentialismethnomethodologyfalse consciousness

Which social and economic factors led workers to develop class consciousness, and which sorts of workers were most likely to take part in trade associations?How were the utopian socialists envisioned by Charles Fourier, Etienne Cabet, and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon critiques of nineteenth-century industrial capitalism? How did Karl Marx build both upon critiques of capitalism common in utopian socialism and upon the ideas of the German philosopher Hegel to develop his theory of a coming proletarian, or communist, revolution? What do you think of Marx's assertion that "all history is the history of class struggles"? Do you agree or disagree?What problems does Louis Blanc think social workshops would solve?