All of the statements about Karl Marx are true. He did believe in the eventual "withering away" of the state, he did write Das Kapital, he believed in the exploitation of workers by factory owners to accumulate surplus capital, and he believed that control of capital meant control of society.

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Karl Marx

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Karl Marx

A) believed that the state would eventually "wither away."
B) wrote Das Kapital.
C) believed that the factory owner,by paying his workers meager wages,was able to use this surplus to buy more capital goods.
D) said whoever controlled a society's capital controlled that society.
E) all of the statements about Karl Marx are true.

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