HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Owing to the extensive use of machinery and to the division of labor, the work of the proletarians has lost all individual character, and consequently, all charm for the workman.-Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848) In this passage, Marx and Engles argue that ____
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the new system of industrial capitalism is better for workers than prior economic systems
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in the future, factory work is likely to become less burdensome and more interesting than at present
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the new class of industrial proletarians has benefited from the introduction of factory machinery
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the Industrial Revolution has made manufacturing jobs more monotonous, repetitious, and boring
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Marx predicted that class conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat would lead to capitalism’s downfall. According to Marx, under capitalism, workers (the proletariat) must alienate their labor.
Detailed explanation-2: -Engels and Marx argued that a series of class struggles would destroy capitalism, and be replaced by socialism, followed by communism.
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