How Did the Educated Classes Increasingly Tend to View Those

How did the educated classes increasingly tend to view those who lived in the countryside?

A) They viewed these men and women as inconsequential to the destiny of their nations.
B) Since the greatest percent of people lived in urban areas, inhabitants of rural areas were ignored.
C) They felt a deep sense of concern for their rural countrymen who deserved welfare from central governments.
D) They hoped to enlist them in their struggles against the privileged classes.
E) They felt an immense sense of guilt for ignoring their appeals for representation.