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Refer to the passage.
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity, but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantages. Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. Even a beggar does not depend upon it entirely.”
Excerpt from An inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nation, an economic treatise written by Adam Smith in 1776
The economic ideology expressed in the passage, combined with the industrialization of the early 19th century, most influenced society in which of the following ways?
A) The working class achieved new levels of social mobility.
B) Wealth became increasingly accumulated by a small, elite class.
C) The middle class began to erode as more people began to work in factories.
D) Political equality increased as members of all social classes became wealthier.