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That Britian was at the forefront of the industrial revolution also means that it endured some of the worst horrors on the labor that powered it. Also being a s
by Mountain_Skies 3y ago
That Britian was at the forefront of the industrial revolution also means that it endured some of the worst horrors on the labor that powered it. Also being a smallish island, such impacts were more difficult to hide and diffuse as would be possible in a larger land mass. I wonder if that impacted their willingness to offshore their industry instead of reforming or evolving it into something more humane.