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Eight hours’ daily labour is enough for any human being, and under proper arrangements sufficient to afford an ample supply of food, raiment and shelter, or the necessaries and comforts of life, and for the remainder of his time, every person is entitled to education, recreation and sleep.”
Robert Owen, British factory owner and reformer, 1833
The excerpt above emphasizes which of the following solutions to the exploitation of industrial laborers?
(A) Radical changes to the socioeconomic structure of Europe
(B) Abolition of the factory system and industrial wage labor
(C) Free food, housing, and other necessities for factory workers
(D) Sufficient wages for factory workers to live full, comfortable lives
What is (D) Sufficient wages for factory workers to live full, comfortable lives