The minimum wage cooks of a successful restaurant refuse to join the wait staff in a strike to improve wages.The cooks feel they are being paid well enough,even though the restaurant owner made 2 million dollars in profit last year.This situation would exemplify which of Karl Marx's concepts?
A)Class consciousness
B)False consciousness
C)Dialectical change
D)Proletariat

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The situation exemplifies false consciousness, where the minimum wage cooks do not realize their true worth and are content with their current wages despite the restaurant owner making significant profits. Marx argued that this lack of awareness among the working class could be exploited by the capitalist class to maintain the status quo of exploitation.

The Minimum Wage Cooks of a Successful Restaurant Refuse to Join