Answer: According to Marx, the <u>bourgeoisie</u> owns the means of production in a society.
Explanation: Karl Marx, a famous German philosopher and sociologist, claimed tha<u>t the bourgeoisie, also known as the capitalist class, owns the means of production and controls them</u>. By means of this statement, <u>Marx intended to show that the bourgeoisie is too powerful, while the proletariat, which sells its labour-power, is too weak.</u> One of the books in which Marx includes these concepts is<em> Das Kapital, </em>published in 1867.