The Industrial Revolution

[93rardo]

"The people at the time thought the condition in the factory were lovely". Come on, what nonsense.

They flocked to the factories because of a population explosion which forced them of their land. I guess all the Irish peasants who fled potato famine loved working 15 hours a day in a US factory.

[shawry86]

im sorry, i study archaeology..and this video is stupid

[MTd2]

It doesn't make sense saying that Industrial Revolution made children die less. That is a magical explanation. Children wre not dying less either. Sanitary notions were not widespread. You should look for the reasons why people were looking for factories instead of staying in the fields. Perhaps they were bing expeled from there? That's what I was learning. The industrial revolutions decresed the need for people in the farms and allowed bigger plantations.

[improvmaniac]

So it's like stating that the evils of slavery were not all that bad, or just a myth, because at least blacks were working and without slavery blacks would not be able to survive. Yep. I'm convinced. NOT! Conditions in factories were horrible, the so called "fact" that the workers didn't consider them to be bad doesn't lead to the conclusion that they were. People just didn't know any better and when you're starving you'll do some crazy things.

[redduckinpond]

It's not that they didn't know any better... death and starvation were the only alternatives.

Slavery is not exclusive to the blacks. It started as a rather "humane" treatment of prisoners of war.

African slavery is different in the sense that quite often they were traded by their own chieftains in exchange for European goodies.

The industrial revolution has made survival a lot more likely... that is a fact.

[unbehagen1000]

i believe capitalism still must be kept under control today!

controled capitalism is more effective and

more just than a pure laissez faire one.

well paid workers are loyal and busy

they are consumers not only work horses.

Such an economy is sustainable!

look an nike's factories there are the conditions of the 19th century and the effects.

the strong has a tendency to exploid the weak

if noone hinders him to do so- thats human nature

[MrCropper]

Some people in the world still starve to death. That isn't America's fault.

[unbehagen1000]

The argument: "yes the conditions are terrible but without this jobs they would have nothing"

is so old and so often said in so many contexts...

slave owner used it, 19th century industry barons used it, nike and addidas use it today

[unbehagen1000]

"a century before they would be dead already"

true but being alive only to work to death is no real progress.

"they loved to work in factoriers because of the wages they could earn"

strange perhaps the autor has his own agenda? Why were there so many strikes and all the

repressive measures against the workers including shooting at strikers.

[unbehagen1000]

And why all the members of socialist parties?

"industrial-revolution made high living standart possible"

true but only for a few many didn't have any profit other than being alive to work

[unbehagen1000]

In my opinion 19th century businessmen's mentality

gave birth to every socialist movement more than marx and engles!

And today's "Neoliberaler Zeitgeist#" is the same mentality.

Today's businessmen again cry for trouble!!

# i dont know the correct term in english something like

"neo-liberal spirit of time" which is short term for the

we-have-won-feeling and the we-own-the-world-attitude

today's capitalist are famous for after the death of communism.

[MrCropper]

"Why were there so many strikes and all the repressive measures against the workers including shooting at strikers."

I'll be doing some videos on the strikes of the 1800's soon. Stay tuned, you surely will learn something.

[MsLogician]

unbehagen1000, the fundamental difference between slave owners and corporations that set up factories in poor countries is that slave owners FORCED another person to work for them. The poor people that work for companies like Nike CHOOSE to work there. Obviously the jobs are good for them because the alternative (having no job) is even more awful.

[crpolitics001]

You are correct. The world needs more people like you. Exept I am a huge miority for my domestic issues(Libertarian) and my forein thoughts.

[TakeAleft]

When historians have made these points about the uprising of different classes in society it is because it is in the industrial revolution that they are formed...you think it was better that the workers at least had jobs... fine, but that doesnt mean that the conditions werent terrible and to say that the new era didnt mark at significant powershift in the society would be a straight forward lie

[cropperb]

What does a power shift have to do with anything? And from who to who do you propose the power shifted?

[MetaMorphy]

Children and workers get there arms cut off in small American farms as well. Who comes out against the American small farmer? Yes, all this hatred of the industrial revolution is Marxist propaganda.