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Use the passage below to answer the following question:

Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed stood in constant
opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden now open fight a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary re-
constitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes. - The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx
Why might Robert Owen have disagreed with this passage from The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels? (1 point)
Оа
Owen was in favor of distinct socioeconomic classes.
Ob
Owen did not believe that class struggles formed society.
Owen believed that society only changed gradually, not dramatically.
Ос
Od
Owen believed that the different classes worked together.

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Answer: b. Owen did not believe that class struggles formed society.

Step-by-step explanation:

Robert Owen was a wealthy textile manufacturer who was known for his philanthropism and efforts to ensure that the working class were not mistreated. He also invested in experiments in Socialism to see the viability of such on society.

Owen was in favor of distinct socioeconomic classes and believed that these classes could work together for the common good. Owen did not believe that class struggles formed society as he believed that society could be changed gradually instead of dramatically.

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