> Most people used to be farmers, too, but prohibiting industrialization was not the right call. The industrial revolution caused enormous suffering for ex-far

> Most people used to be farmers, too, but prohibiting industrialization was not the right call. The industrial revolution caused enormous suffering for ex-farmers. Many of them lost a life of autonomy to be forced to move to cities and work in dangerous conditions for starvation wages. It caused significant social instability. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution#Standards_of_living https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution#Standard...