When Marx argued that capitalism "reproduces the class structure," he meant that
A)it is really ordinary people who create social inequality.
B)society operates and carries class differences from one generation to the next.
C)class differences are the same throughout human history.
D)society could never abolish class inequality.

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Marx believed that capitalism perpetuates class differences from one generation to the next through the accumulation of wealth and power among the bourgeoisie (the capitalist class) and the exploitation of the proletariat (the working class). He saw these class differences as inherent to capitalist society, but not necessarily to all of human history. Marx did not believe that society could never abolish class inequality, but rather that it required a revolutionary transformation of the economic system.

When Marx Argued That Capitalism "Reproduces the Class Structure," He