According to political theorist Antonio Gramsci, the people who sponsor activities that provide popular pleasure and entertainment in society often do so to

A. deliver messages about what should be important in people's lives.
B. deliver subliminal messages that determine what people think.
C. help people around the world gain control over their lives.
D. directly undermine governments that do not have capitalist economies.


Answer: A

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