Not American, so had to look up what Whig-oriented was, but fair point! I saw the scientific progress between the lines(fertilizer, pesticide, all the technolog

Not American, so had to look up what Whig-oriented was, but fair point! I saw the scientific progress between the lines(fertilizer, pesticide, all the technological advancement the bullet-point example describes) but you have a very valid point that it should have been mentioned. (I can't comment too much on consumer capitalism though, as I don't know much there)