According to Karl Marx,one of the ways a factory owner (the owner of the means of production)would control his or her workers (the propertyless)would be through religion.This was done by:
A) teaching the workers that they would reap their rewards in the afterlife.
B) locking them in church unless they were on the assembly line.
C) keeping them so busy with church activities they didn't have time to form a rebellion.
D) teaching them that they were entirely worthy of earthly pleasures.

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Marx believed that religion was used by the ruling class to manipulate the working class into accepting their current conditions. By teaching the workers that they would be rewarded in the afterlife, the factory owner could justify the harsh working conditions and low wages that they offered in the present. This would discourage the workers from rebelling and demanding better conditions in this life.

According to Karl Marx,one of the Ways a Factory Owner