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Use the following statement by Robert Owen to answer the question below:

"...but I know that society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatly improved, with little if any misery, and with intelligence and happiness increased a hundredfold: and no obstacle whatsoever intervenes [interferes] at this moment except ignorance to prevent such a state of society from becoming universal."

Source: Robert Owen, Rules and Regulations for the Inhabitants of New Lanark.

What is one reason why Marx would disagree with this statement?

Marx did not think society could live peacefully.
Marx did not think society could live without crime.
This statement advocates the use of education.
This statement ignores the process of revolution.

Is it d? Please help me

I agree.

Yes, option d) "This statement ignores the process of revolution" is the reason why Marx would disagree with this statement by Robert Owen. Marxism believes that the transformation of society cannot be achieved solely through education or by addressing ignorance, but rather through a revolutionary process that involves the overthrow of the existing capitalist system. Marx viewed class struggle and the overthrow of the bourgeoisie as necessary steps towards creating a classless and equitable society. Therefore, he would disagree with Owen's belief that no obstacle, except ignorance, stands in the way of achieving a state of society without crime, poverty, and misery.

Yes, you are correct. One reason why Marx would disagree with this statement is that it ignores the process of revolution. Marx believed that in order to achieve a society without crime, poverty, and misery, a revolutionary transformation of the existing capitalist system was necessary. He argued that the existing social and economic structures had to be dismantled through revolution before a more equitable and just society could be established.