According to Karl Marx,the growth of factory work accompanying the industrial revolution contributed to the creation of a class society:

A) by contributing to the rapid growth of cities,with their large population of aristocrats
B) by creating a microcosm of a class society within the hierarchy of factory management
C) by dividing society into people who owned the factories,and people required to provide cheap labor
D) by encouraging the growth of materialism and consumption
E) none of these choices

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Vanessa Dawson Jones · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  According to Marx, the growth of factory work contributed to the creation of a class society by dividing society into people who owned the factories (capitalists) and people required to provide cheap labor (proletariat). This created a class conflict between those who owned the means of production and those who did not, leading to Marx's theory of class struggle. The other choices are incorrect because they do not directly relate to Marx's theory of class society.

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