When Marx says capitalism is "instrumentally irrational," he means that:
A) to maximize profits, a capitalist must minimize the wages paid to the people intended as consumers.
B) it fails at its central task, the production of goods.
C) capitalists erroneously assume that buyers behave rationally in the market.
D) it requires workers to act against their own interests.
E) it requires capitalists to compete with one another, instead of cooperating.
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