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Pre industrialism, almost everyone was dirt poor by current standards.
by BurningFrog 3y ago
Pre industrialism, almost everyone was dirt poor by current standards.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoThey were also dirt poor by current standards after industrialism started. It was well into the 19th century that laws like the Education Act of 1870 and the Trade Union Act of 1871 started distributing power to the common people of Britain outside of the traditional quasi-feudal system.