The class polarization that Marx predicted referred to________________?

Correct answer: D. a growing gap between rich and poor resulting in class consciousness

  • A. the division of each social class into the more or less privileged.
  • B. the tendency for the working class to live in very could places
  • C. the growth of intermediate strata in the middle classes
  • D. a growing gap between rich and poor resulting in class consciousness

Explanation

Marx’s class polarization predicts an increasingly wide gap between the bourgeoisie and proletariat as intermediate groups decline, potentially strengthening working-class consciousness. The phrase refers to opposing class positions, not the growth of middle strata.

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