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Why did socialists see private property as a problem?

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Correct answer: Because owners earned profit from workers' labour

The governing socialist concept is exploitation arising from private ownership of the means of production. When factories, land, or businesses are privately controlled, workers usually have to sell their labour to the owners for wages. The owners can then keep the surplus, meaning the value produced beyond the wages paid. Socialists argued that this arrangement created economic inequality because workers performed the productive labour while owners controlled property and received profits. Therefore, option A is correct. Option B is absurd because private property did not make workers kings; option C reverses the socialist criticism, since they saw inequality as a major result; and option D concerns religious taxation, not ownership or class relations.

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SocialismPrivate PropertyWorkersExploitationThe Age Of Social ChangeSocialism In Europe And The Russian RevolutionHistoryClass 9 Mcq

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