Past industrial revolutions did result in some forms of mass poverty to some in society. Horses is a class of worker that after the industrial revolution found

Past industrial revolutions did result in some forms of mass poverty to some in society. Horses is a class of worker that after the industrial revolution found itself without a job. And many workers , after the industrial revolution found themselves working many hours a day(sometimes 16), for subsistence level,with little power, in unsafe workplaces and without any economical stability, and with no land/home they own. As a response the union and labor movements came about, giving workers more bargaining power, labor laws and some sort of safety net. Without all of those, many in society would have probably been much poorer.