Max weber understood alienation as the
a. experience of isolation and misery resulting from powerlessness in the workplace.
b. depersonalization of the workplace and society due to modern society's rational focus on efficiency.
c. self-estrangement resulting from lack of satisfactory relationships with significant others.
d. gradual loss of economic security over time.

B) depersonalization of the workplace and society due to modern society's rational focus on efficiency.

Explanation:

Max weber understood alienation as, the depersonalization is the work place and the society due to which the modern society and rational focused on the efficiency. Max weber is basically the combination of economic and the sociology of the religion and it tend to increase rationalization in politics and help in developed features in society and also led to focus on efficiency.

the reason the welfare system causes so much of a burden on its recipients is because the welfare system does not give its recipients any real tools to actually get out of poverty. the welfare system has embedded poverty deeper into society and has made it harder and harder for people to escape poverty.

in other words, it stoped the poor, and now its making it worse.

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