The main points of the paragraph are: 1. In an economic disaster, the atypical alliance of established industrialist and unemployed workers proves powerful. 2. Anxieties and anticipation lead them to look after their interests. 3. It is the industrialist that benefits the most as he is able to use the latter to achieve his vested political interests. A: Comes the closest in capturing all three points, and hence, is the answer. B: Distortion. This purpose has not been mentioned in the passage. C: Distortion. It has not been mentioned that an economic downturn creates competition. It has been mentioned that during such a disaster, the industrialist is more likely to focus on the downsides emerging from free-market (competition) than the upsides. D: Distortion. It has been implied that the industrialist manipulates the situation to fulfill his own political agenda, and not that the two parties come together to achieve a single goal.