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Using a Marxist Lens, How Might Overpopulation Contribute to the Eventual

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Using a Marxist lens, how might overpopulation contribute to the eventual destruction of capitalism?


A) Overpopulation would lead to mass starvation, which would result in an increased competition for workers, which would drive up wages, thus eroding the profit of the bourgeoisie.
B) Unemployment would make the workers dissatisfied, resulting in a class-consciousness, which would lead to revolution.
C) Once the bourgeoisie had accumulated their wealth, they would disband capitalism, leaving the proletariat to suffer on their own.
D) The proletariat would eventually become so wealthy that they would catch up to the bourgeoisie, eventually erasing all previous distinctions between the two classes.

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