In their critique of industrial capitalism, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels claimed that

A) the trade union movement would force industry to accept social reforms.

B) the most equitable and just society could be found in an industrial commune.

C) the bourgeois class needed to exercise responsibility toward their workers.

D) democracy had failed because most workers did not understand their true interests; a dictatorship would serve them better.

E) only a communist revolution would overcome the abuses of capitalism and create a just and equal society.

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18 June, 03:36

In their critique of industrial capitalism, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels claimed that

A) the trade union movement would force industry to accept social reforms.

B) the most equitable and just society could be found in an industrial commune.

C) the bourgeois class needed to exercise responsibility toward their workers.

D) democracy had failed because most workers did not understand their true interests; a dictatorship would serve them better.

E) only a communist revolution would overcome the abuses of capitalism and create a just and equal society.

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Angelina Donaldson · Answer 1

In their critique of industrial capitalism, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels claimed that " E) only a communist revolution would overcome the abuses of capitalism and create a just and equal society," since they felt that under a capitalist system workers were being heavily exploited.