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What term did Karl Marx use to describe the fact that most of the population accepts inequality even when it does not benefit them personally?Group of answer choicesclass consciousnessexistentialismethnomethodologyfalse consciousness

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What term did Karl Marx use to describe the fact that most of the population accepts inequality even when it does not benefit them personally?Group of answer choicesclass consciousnessexistentialismethnomethodologyfalse consciousness

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Karl Marx used the term "false consciousness" to describe the fact that most of the population accepts inequality even when it does not benefit them personally.

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