Question

According to Karl Marx and his Communist ideas, capitalism created a feeling of alienation for the working class. How would communism help people regain their sense of humanity?

The sense of humanity could be regained through organized religion.

The sense of humanity could be regained through childhood education.

The sense of humanity could be regained through stronger centralized power.

The sense of humanity could be regained through the spirit of cooperation.

Answer 1

The correct choice is: The sense of humanity could be regained through the spirit of cooperation.

Marx argued that capitalism alienates workers by making them lose control over their labor and its products and by turning social relations into market relations. Communism—collective ownership of the means of production and cooperative, non‑exploitative social relations—would allow people to freely develop their capacities and relate to one another as fully human (what he called restoring their “species‑being”).

Why the others are wrong:
- Organized religion: Marx saw religion as ideology that can justify oppression (“opium of the people”), not the solution.
- Childhood education: Education can help, but it’s not the fundamental change Marx proposed (economic relations must change).
- Stronger centralized power: Marx envisioned the abolition of class rule and ultimately the state’s withering away, not permanent stronger centralized power.