Question

According to Karl Marx, ________ is a series of structures that erect barriers between the individual and the production process, the products of that process, other people, and the individual himself/herself.

a. Capitalism
b. bureaucracy
c. species-being
d. the dialectic

Answer 1

Karl Marx believed that capitalism creates barriers between individuals and various aspects of society, such as the production process and other people. He viewed capitalism as a system that alienates people from their true essence and results in exploitation of the working class.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Karl Marx, capitalism is a series of structures that erect barriers between the individual and the production process, the products of that process, other people, and the individual himself/herself. Marx believed that capitalism resulted in the alienation of people from their 'species-being,' which refers to the original essence of the species characterized by plurality and dynamism. He saw capitalism as fundamentally coercive and unjust, with the working class being exploited.

Answer 2

Answer:a. Capitalism

Explanation:Karl Marx describes the term mode of production as referring to economic production with that society. A mode of production refers to the means of production that a society depends on for their economic production such as machines,raw materials factories and other facilities. This also involves labor and the labor force organizations. He also mentions the term relations of production when he refers to the relationship between the Capitalist (those who owns these means of production) and those who work for them. Mode of production and relations of production are both crucial.

Capitalism refers to a mode of production in terms of how individuals (capitalists) privately own this means of production. Capitalist uses this advantage to extract labor from their workers at unreasonably low costs. The Capitalist only pay as little to ensure that the workers can live and continue being productive. When workers see this they start to retreat in order to stop the capitalist from exploiting them, this is when the struggle begins and antagonism