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question 15 (1 point)
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karl marx believed that:
a) the capitalists were exploiting the proletariat by owning the means of production and paying them less than their fair share of production.
b) entrepreneurs were good for society since they started new businesses, but that the bourgeoisie were exploiters.
c) the capitalists were being exploited by the bourgeoisie class, and therefore a revolution is legitimate.
d) the purpose of a socialist government is to protect the bourgeoisie from uprisings from the proletariat. without the bourgeoisie there would be no one to run the firms.

Explanation:

Karl Marx's theory of capitalism focuses on the class struggle between the bourgeoisie (capitalists, who own the means of production) and the proletariat (workers, who sell their labor). He argued that capitalists exploit workers by paying them less than the value their labor creates, as the capitalists own the means of production and appropriate surplus value.

• Option A aligns with this: capitalists (bourgeoisie) own the means of production and exploit the proletariat by paying them less than their fair share (surplus value extraction).
• Option B is incorrect because Marx did not view entrepreneurs (part of the bourgeoisie) as "good for society"; he saw the bourgeoisie as exploiters.
• Option C is incorrect: Marx viewed the proletariat as exploited by the bourgeoisie (capitalists), not the capitalists being exploited by the bourgeoisie (they are the bourgeoisie).
• Option D is incorrect: Marx's view was that a socialist government (post - revolution) would represent the proletariat, not protect the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie are the exploiters in his theory, and the proletariat would overthrow them.

Answer:

A) the capitalists were exploiting the proletariat by owning the means of production and paying them less than their fair share of production.