Which of the Following Statements Is a Marxist Analysis of Contemporary

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is a Marxist analysis of contemporary politics in the U.S.?

• A) The Green Party tries to rally people around concerns about climate change and environmental disaster, which scientists broadly agree is an existential threat to human survival.
• B) The Democratic Party cites state-level restrictions on abortion rights as evidence of a larger effort to end or curtail abortion rights and encourages people to vote for pro-choice candidates, who are disproportionately Democratic.
• C) The Republican Party tries to mobilize white voters with the threat of undocumented immigrants taking jobs from them, though the social science research is clear that, in general, low-wage immigrant workers are a net benefit to the U.S. economy and that automation, outsourcing, and low corporate taxes are much more financially damaging to the average American worker.
• D) States with fewer people actually have proportionately more power in the electoral college.

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