The Worst Jobs in History - The Georgian Age - Part 5

[comicgenius21]

he has a big beer belly does'nt he ???

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

It would be fun if Tony would make worst jobs on the 20 and the 21 century. Sure they would propably be nothing compared to the other jobs but it would still be fun.

[tnb35]

well... if after this you don't become a raving red hot socialist, fighting for the people with the Worst Jobs in present time...i guess you didn't pay attention and doing something else as the video played.

[shcnoozlebop]

that poor 13y.o joseph.

[DrD0000M]

God, brits were so evil. Can't turn the machine off (ridiculous design / excuse), can't give the kid a long-handled brush.

[shcnoozlebop]

@DrD0000M that's a bit judgemental. they realised the error of their ways with the african slaves and intervened to rescue some. every single country has it's faults. the chinese actually used to employ creative people to think up ways of killing a prisoner in the most cruel way, and they even *competed* to get a higher pay for coming up with the worst method. people just lacked in knowledge and incentive we have today. the reason we know so much today is because we used to make those mistakes.

[punkkimiko]

awwww i cant imagine this happening to my litle bro. its sad what those kids in 3rd world countries life almost the same.:(

[southsydney]

christ, Riding Officer sounds so great. i really wanna do that. No one to boss me around, romantically taking on criminals. yes it know it sounds stupid but i can dream.

[bogi18]

After learning all about the work conditions and wadges during the 'golden age' of industrial revolution in capitalist societies (and actually up to early 20th century), no one wonders how could the basic idea of socialism and communism have been so tempting to all these people... (Of course the devastating failure of putting those ideas into practice is an other question)

[baigandine]

It wouldn't be so bad once the adrenaline gets going

[MsTruNorth]

Quite simply, wages need to be regulated (as we have already learned that safety in the workplace has to be regulated). Just as the p[rice of electricity had to be justified by regulated utilities before the transmission grids were opened up to competition (a competition that did not result in the promised lower prices), business owners can have their costs and investments examined and allowed a reasonable rate of return. This avoids price gouging and wage exploitation.

[shelzo]

4.51 omg Tony is so cute! He reminds me of a little bear.

[GaijinGDB]

Sadly most of our clothes are still made in ways as horrid as these by some poor kids off in who-knows-where!

[kiminokami]

The alternatives for the kids are usually worse in those situations.

[GaijinGDB]

Yes, as bad as their lots in life are, I suppose it beats prostitution, although that's not to say they might not partake in both or more dangerous work outside of making clothes. But it would be nice if it weren't so to begin with, but then again, it all boils down to economics.

[kiminokami]

They do have to start somewhere.  Child labor is a start along the goal of freedom and wealth.

[guysmiley00]

@kiminokami Freedom and wealth for who? An uneducated labourer, like a child who never gets a chance to attend school, has very little opportunity to improve their lives, while the industry owners who employ them often make outrageous profits. I suggest you do some reading about the "cycle of poverty" and the age of the Robber Barons to understand the tendency of the poor to stay poor and the rich, through the exercise of their political and economic power, to get richer.

[kiminokami]

@guysmiley00 You haven't done any research that challenges the opinion you had before you had any information at all.

[guysmiley00]

@kiminokami I'd love to see some of this "research" that support your postion, then. Or do you only have opinion presented as fact to offer?

[guysmiley00]

@kiminokami Yes and no - some kids are faced with the choice between hard labour and starvation, true, but slave labour is also not unheard of in modern sweatshops, even in the US - look up Saipan's notorious garment factories for "Made in the USA" slavery.

[kiminokami]

@guysmiley00 Of course it's not a good thing today in most of the Western World.  Sweatshops in Asia are actually a huge improvement from the alternatives, which are either the starvation you acknowledged or the diabolical child prostitution ring.

[LordAzanko]

@kiminokami sad to say selling themselves for a silver penny or a shilling very sad indeed :(

[dystopianlover]

@GaijinGDB All so the everyman can afford to purchase the clothes on his back. Barbarism at its finest.

[shelzo]

@GaijinGDB I know where! China!

[ESLinstructor1]

People really had no morals back then did they?

[Deezhan]

people still don't got morale. there are plenty of kids in poor countryes doing dangerous work!

[26blanco]

very good programm it teaches many things in an easy way.thanks.

[swirl111598]

I have really enjoyed these videos talkcreativeplanet. They are poseted in pretty high quality and that makes them worth watching.

[electropopprincess]

i love my city of manchester- but am ashamed of some of the practices like these that were condoned in the cotton mills.

[GorFrag]

The US was no better, and often worse. You guys banned Slavery a lot faster than us. Not that Child labor was much different.

[electropopprincess]

At least both sides of the pond have seen the error of our ways though- although both of our countries still have a long way to go

:)

[Aidsking]

Yeah, Denmark Banned slavery first, but meh, the world today is just as bad in it's own way.

[niclasjt]

Keep in mind that in many states of the Union, slavery was never a legal practice, including my home state of MN (as U.S. territory from 1787 onward). That said, this land was not ours until we took it by force. All of the colonial and expansionist powers share in a common history of abuse. The economic conditions in the third-world (and many American Indian reservations) are a tangible proof that the legacy of that historical injustice endures today.