Today we will look at competing view of socialism in the time of Karl Marx

1. The first thinker whom Karl Marx considered a utopian socialist,  the early 19th century writer, Saint-Simon, looked toward

a. the working class to make a socialist revolution

b. the reorganization of society from the top down based on merit and contribution, not aexisting wealth

c.  the establisment of communes

4. a truce between labor and capital

2.  The seond thinker whom Karl Marx considered a utopian socialist, Charles Fourier, sought to

a. organize society around social cooperatives, called "phalanxes, where individuals would be rewarded in terms of their labor

b.  establish  public cooperations

c.   abolish the  state

d.   establish  the principles of liberte, fraternite, egalite would be established

3.  The third thinker whom Marx considered a utopian socialist, Robert Owen, sought to

    a.  abolish the British monarchy

    b. sell land to the poor at low prices

    c. purchase land and build industrial communities were the workers would produce their own 

       goods for use

    d. abolish the British empire

4.  Communities based on the ideas of Owen and Fourier were most widely established in

     a. Britain

     b. France

     c. Italy

     d. The United States

5.  In  his use of the term "utopian" Marx argued that

a. these thinkers understood that the social crisis was rooted in capitalism itself

b. these thinkers understood that the exploitation and oppression of workers was central to the 

    crisis

c. these thinkers sought to resolve the crisis through voluntarist means, that is,  reorganizing society from above, establishing ideal  planned communities, settlements funded by philanthopy, etc

d. all of the above

Marxist IQ  write answers for last week(where I had to different question 3s)  Once more Sean Mulligan joined by W.E. Clay, whose commentaries are always insightful, got the right answers

1. b

2.d

the first 3. b  the second 3.d

4. c

5.a