What does Marx view as a mechanism for keeping the working class distracted so that wealth stays in the hands of the upper classes and inequality prevails at the expense of the poor?
a. gender
b. race
c. class
d. religion
Ans: b. race
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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