Question

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what do you think tocqueville meant when he described urban areas full of poor factory workers as; \from this f sewer pure gold flows.\ - alexis de tocqueville
a. people found a way to use sewage for fertilization of fields, yielding better crops.
b. meaning, the poor filthy areas were populated by people who worked in factories, making others wealthy.
c. tocqueville grew up very poor, literally homeless and in the sewers of the city; he became wealthy after creating the assembly line.

Explanation:

• Option a: The quote is metaphorical, not about literal sewage use for farming. Eliminate.
• Option b: During industrialization, factory workers (in poor urban areas) produced goods that generated wealth for others. This matches the metaphor of "pure gold flows" from the "filthy sewer" of poor factory areas.
• Option c: Tocqueville was not homeless in sewers, nor did he create the assembly line (that was Henry Ford). Eliminate.

Answer:

b. Meaning, the poor filthy areas were populated by people who worked in factories, making others wealthy.