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Weber theorized that we would eventually get stuck in ______, where we move from one formalized structure to the next, unable to escape. a. A steel partition

b. A panopticon
c. An inhospitable planet
d. An iron cage

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d. An iron cage

Max Weber is well known for developing the theoretical concept of the iron cage

Step-by-step explanation:

The theory of the iron was first presented by the sociologist Max Weber in the work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

Here Weber clarified that with the diminishing effect of Protestantism within our social life the capitalist system remained as well as the bureaucratic principles and social structures that came about along with came along with it, such the worldviews and values becomes major controlling factors in socil life which is tantamount to living in a strong house maade of steel

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