Why was the role of government important in Louis Blanc's idea of cooperatives?

Correct answer: He wanted the government to encourage cooperatives for workers

The direct answer is A: he wanted the government to encourage cooperatives for workers. Louis Blanc believed that workers should be able to organise productive cooperatives and that the state should help make this possible. Government support could provide encouragement, resources or an institutional basis for such organisations. Option A is correct because it directly describes the connection between Blanc’s cooperative plan and public assistance. Option B is wrong because removing workers from factories was not the purpose of his proposal; he wanted better collective organisation of workers, not their exclusion from production. Option C is wrong because making the king absolute is a monarchical aim, not Blanc’s socialist cooperative idea. Option D is wrong because closing all associations would destroy cooperation rather than promote it. The step-by-step reasoning is: Blanc valued worker cooperation; cooperatives might not be able to begin without support; the government could assist them; therefore government had an important enabling role. The word “encourage” is important: it means helping or promoting, not necessarily personally performing every task. Keep the concept precise and do not replace state support with royal privilege or repression. Memory cue: Blanc’s formula is workers’ cooperatives supported by the state.