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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by Karl Marx, the Marx

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brother who rejected the family business and business well in general sorry there [Karl Marx with his brothers]

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comrade.. Take a look at the passage..[Quickly mumbles passage]

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[mumbling]

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[mumbling]

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communistic revolution proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains, they

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have a world to win.. working men of the countries unite yeah thank you and

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here's the question - Supporters of the passage would most likely agree with

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which of the following statements and hear your potential answers....Oh Karl Marx if

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only his favorite color was something other than red. The Chartreuse Scare of [The Chartreuse Scare]

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the 1950s it would have been slightly more amusing anyway colors aside

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supporters of this passage would most definitely be called Marx supporters [People wearing Karl Marx T-shirts]

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would they agree with the statement that A; communism brought the bourgeoisie to

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power well according to Marx the bourgeoisie was the social class that owned

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the means of production perpetuated capitalism communism didn't bring them

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to power it would actually weaken them communism is bourgeoisie kryptonite which

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puts A out of the running. Would Marx agree with the idea that B - commercial

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capitalism supported the proletariat well another quickie vocab lesson here

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people the proletariat is the working class the proletariat are the ones the [Person making coffee]

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bourgeoisie sticks into factories with no coffee machines or smoke breaks since

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capitalism helps the bourgeoisie it hurts the proletariat, lots of kryptonite

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here going around what about D? Did Marx believe that ownership of private [Marx stomping on a pile of cash]

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property would always prevail well if you look very closely at the earlier

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passage you might find a very subtle little hint indicating how Marx feels

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about the ruling class of private property owners be right here when Marx

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says let the ruling classes tremble at a communistic revolution he's implying [Sentence of passage highlighted]

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that he and his communist buddies aren't totally in love with the ruling class [Marx with a communist]

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yeah Karl Marx was a lot of things, economist, philosopher etc but he wasn't

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king of subtlety that eliminates D.. meaning that Marx and his supporters

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believed C - that socialism would eventually replace

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capitalism. Marx felt that a natural tendency of capitalism was

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self-destruction and that a working-class revolution would [People carrying socialism]

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eventually bring its demise replacing it instead with socialism so C is the

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correct answer for more thoughts on just how correct Marx was, well open a copy

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of animal farm and don't forget an umbrella because, well you're in for some

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serious George Orwell shade [Man reading and George Orwell appears]

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