In the British TV series Downton Abbey, the servants working for the wealthy upper-class family are usually very loyal and generally seem to accept that the rigid class structure within which they live and work as the way things should be. In his analysis of class relations in Britain in the mid-20th century, David Lockwood would have used which of the following concepts to describe such servants?
A) Privatized workers.
B) Proletarian workers.
C) Deferential workers.
D) The privileged working class.

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David Lockwood would have used the concept of deferential workers to describe the loyal and accepting servants in Downton Abbey. The term "deferential" refers to the behavior of showing respect and submission to those perceived as higher in status or authority, which was a common attitude among working-class individuals towards the upper-class during Lockwood's time. The other options do not accurately describe the specific characteristics of the servants in Downton Abbey, as the concept of privatized workers refers to those who work for private companies rather than the government, proletarian workers are members of the working class who do not have ownership of the means of production, and the privileged working class refers to those in the upper strata of the working class who have more economic and social resources compared to others in the same class.

In the British TV Series Downton Abbey, the Servants Working