Which of the following statements accurately represents Thorstein Veblen's argument in The Theory of the Leisure Class?
a. All citizens of an industrial society would rise or fall based on their own innate merits
b. The upper classes were overly focused on their own comfort and consumption
c. The tenets of naturalism were the only laws through which society should be governed.
d. Land and natural resources should belong equally to all citizens.
Ans: b. The upper classes were overly focused on their own comfort and consumption
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