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| Multiple Choice Question 21: Which of the following paraphrases best captures the spirit of Marx's first sentence “the wealth of those societies, in which the capitalist mode of production reigns, presents itself as an immense heap of commodities”? |
| (a) In capitalism, everyone tries to accumulate things. |
| (b) Nearly everything that is produced in capitalist societies is produced for sale. |
| (c) In capitalist societies only those are considered wealthy who own many commodities. |
| (d) The capitalist idea of being wealthy leads to excessive commodity consumption. |
| [14] Hans: Meaning of First Sencence. This question is not in the Annotations. It is one of the multiple choice questions that might be asked at the first midterm. The correct answer here is (b). I am sending you this question because SamHouston [12] seems to believe the correct answer is (c). The starting point for Marx is how wealth is created, not what people think about themselves. |
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