Karl Marx believed that stratification originated:
a. in the inherent inequalities in individual talents and abilities.
b. in the fact that not all people have the intelligence and capabilities to fill important roles which are richly rewarded.
c. at the point in social development when people began to develop a class consciousness.
d. in the struggle to control the economic surplus that accumulated when society moved beyond a subsistence economy.
D
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