Martha and Susan work ten-hour days, five days a week, at a local factory for the minimum wage with no overtime, insurance or benefits. Frustrated that they never get ahead, they agree to volunteer for Sunday shifts, believing a little more effort will raise their status. What would Marx say they are showing?
Correct answer B. False consciousness
Explanation
Marx would see their belief that harder individual effort will lift them up as false consciousness, since it accepts capitalist ideas and ignores the system that exploits them.
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