Hi, my name is Friederich Engles, I was born in 1820 in Germany and wrote, The Condition of the Working Class in England. Although I was born into a mill owning family, I overall do not believe that the industrial revolution has positively impacted all of its citizens, in fact I believe that the industrial revolution has made lives of workers worse off. One reason as to why I think in this way is because there is evidence that industrial workers have lower income than their pre-industrial peers and that they also live in environments that are drastically more unhealthy and unpleasant. I have observed in great detail the horrors of industrial work in Manchester. Mocking night terrors about overworked and perishing children working through the night, and traveling back to such dingy streets and homes penetrate my thoughts. Children are being taken out of school to perform labor in such harsh conditions, it is not just. In the end, the fact that these kids are being taken out of school, will only affect future generations to come because they will be uneducated. In my book I also describe that death rates have been increased after the industrial revolution, more people are dying and more people are dying at younger ages. The industrial revolution may have been beneficial to the economy, yet it did not positively impact all of its citizens. Luckily, my good friend Karl Marx whom I previously met in Paris, agrees with me. Together we strive for communism, a social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.
Yes, of course the Industrial Revolution had its negatives but these negatives don't even compare to the successes. These hardships is what will make the world into the most technologically advanced societies! Also, you said the children being pulled out of school to work will only affect future generations to come and you are absolutely right. Except they won't affect future generations in a bad way like you said! The only way they will affect future generations is positively! Changing society, the market, business and more is the best thing to happen to this world! It's an evolution that will affect this world in the most amazing way! The Industrial Revolution of course had some bad short term effects, just like any revolution would, but the long term effects are absolutely worth it and will only change this world for the better.
ReplyDeleteHerbert Spencer (Samantha Licciardi)
The industrial revolution could not have possibly made every single person in Europe happy, but it made the majority happy, and that was the best that we could do as a nation. Utilitarianism is something that strives to make the greatest amount of people happy as possible, and that number can never be absolutely everyone. We succeeded in making this idea real. Most people benefitted from this revolution, and it wouldn't have worked if people tried to please everyone. (Jeremy Bentham)
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