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You should read about [Enclosure][1]. Most people, historically, given the choice between traditional subsistence farming, and industrial labor, chose subsisten
by NoGravitas 9y ago
You should read about [Enclosure][1]. Most people, historically, given the choice between traditional subsistence farming, and industrial labor, chose subsistence farming. So governments and property owners took away the option of subsistence farming. This was a 16th-19th century process in Britain, but is an ongoing process in poorer countries now.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure
- 52-6F-62 9y agoThis is pretty well what happened to my family pre-mid-1800's (not sure exactly when). The Highland Clearances resulted in them leaving Ayrshire to work in Broxburn/Uphall near Edinburgh which at the time were essentially towns owned by shale mining companies. They remained there at least 100 years until one member defiantly decided to move to Canada (mid 1900s). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Clearances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Clearances
- baursak 9y agoHere's a quicker, less dry article about it: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/yasha-levine-recovered-economic-history-everyone-but-an-idiot-knows-that-the-lower-classes-must-be-kept-poor-or-they-will-never-be-industrious.html https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/yasha-levine-recover...