Why was the goal of a classless society central in Marxist thought?

Correct answer: Because it imagined the end of class based exploitation

The governing concept is Marx’s analysis of society as divided into classes with unequal control over property and production. Under capitalism, Marx argued, the bourgeoisie owned the means of production while workers had to sell their labour, creating exploitation and conflict between classes. A classless society was therefore imagined as one in which no class possessed economic power over another and production served collective needs rather than private accumulation. Option A is correct because it directly states the intended end of class-based exploitation. Options B and C support old forms of hierarchy, not Marxist emancipation. Option D is also wrong because Marxism did not define classlessness as denying workers political participation.