Marx argued that the working class:
a. would use religion to overthrow the owners of production.
b. understood the nature of their relationship with factory owners because of the lesson of religion.
c. was distracted by religion from the fact that they were being exploited by the ruling class.
d. used religion as a social mechanism to increase conflict between different economic subgroups.
e. would one day overtake the churches and change the nature of religion.
c
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