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The Condition of the Working-Class in England
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Preface (1892)
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According to the 1892 preface, what does Engels say is the true cause of the working-class's miserable condition, once the “minor grievances” of early capitalism have been reformed away?
A
The Capitalistic System itself, which extracts surplus value from the wage-worker's labour
B
Individual employers' personal greed and cruelty
C
Irish immigration undercutting English wages
D
A temporary shortage of skilled labour
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