Question

Use the passage below to answer the following question:

Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary re-constitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes.—The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx

Answer 1

Why might Robert Owen have disagreed with this passage from The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels?

Owen was in favor of distinct socioeconomic classes.

Owen did not believe that class struggles formed society.

Owen believed that society only changed gradually, not dramatically.

Owen believed that the different classes worked together.

Answer 2

@Lady.Liv1776

Answer 3

it is b

Answer 4

first off, any guesses?

Answer 5

oh yeah any guesses???

Answer 6

I thought it was C.

Answer 7

I just guessed.

Answer 8

guessing is good now try eliminating answers

Answer 9

I eliminated A and D

Answer 10

ok....so based on what you read in your lesson which one is right

Answer 11

I actually think it to be B as @timothyhudson528 said

Answer 12

tanks

Answer 13

the economy never changed gradually....well i take that back but in the wrong direction

Answer 14

Yeah, I was reading this paragraph. But I couldn't tell from it which was the answer.

In socialism, the means of economic production are owned in common or by the government. Charles Fourier, for example, promoted the idea of cooperative communities that would have a responsibility regarding the social welfare of their members. Fourier believed that the competition typical of capitalism was wasteful.

Many of the ideas of Robert Owen were similar to those of Fourier. Owen was a Welsh social reformer who became wealthy through his ownership of a cotton mill. Owen defied convention by raising wages for his workers, reducing working hours, and building schools for his employees. He promoted the necessity of education. Owen believed that through universal education humanity could achieve unprecedented harmony and progress. This belief, as well as some of his other ideas, caused him to be considered a utopian socialist. A utopia is an idealized place, state, or situation of perfection. Owen published many of his philosophical and social views in the book A New View of Society (1813).

Answer 15

oh ok yeah...those can be really confusing

Answer 16

yes, b would be correct here lol

Answer 17

Yes! And thank you guys so much!

Answer 18

yup any more questions???

Answer 19

Yes, I am going to open a new question and tag you two.

Answer 20

ok sweet