________ was the system of social stratification in the final stages of breaking down when Karl Marx developed his ideas.

A) Feudalism
B) Capitalism
C) Slavery
D) Communism

Social Stratification

The arrangement or classification of society into levels or layers based on factors such as wealth, occupation, and social status.

Feudalism

A social and economic system in medieval Europe where land was held by nobles in exchange for military service, and labor was provided by peasants who lived on their land.

Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, profit-driven enterprise, and the market mechanism of supply and demand determining production and investment.