Following the ideas of Karl Marx, Steven Spitzer suggests that capitalist societies ________

a. care more about the elderly than about children.
b. ensure that seniors have the most wealth.
c. treat the elderly as being the wisest.
d. devalue the elderly because they are less productive.


Answer: d

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