Read the following quote by Karl Marx from the Communist Manifesto. Which event is he criticizing?

“Not only are they the slaves of the bourgeoisie class, and of the bourgeois State, they are daily and hourly enslaved by the machine, by the over-looker, and above all, by the individual bourgeois manufacturer himself.”

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the kibbutz movement in Israel
the kibbutz movement in Israel

the Industrial Revolution in Western Europe and the United States
the Industrial Revolution in Western Europe and the United States

the founding of New Harmony, Indiana by Robert Owens
the founding of New Harmony, Indiana by Robert Owens

the Russian Revolution

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The event that Karl Marx is criticizing in the quote from the Communist Manifesto is the Industrial Revolution in Western Europe and the United States. This period was characterized by the rise of industrial capitalism, where workers often faced harsh conditions and were exploited by factory owners (the bourgeoisie).