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The 19th century was a period of intense social change as a result of the mastery of steam and steel. The economies of western European economies changed incre
by engineer_22 3y ago
The 19th century was a period of intense social change as a result of the mastery of steam and steel. The economies of western European economies changed incredibly fast and national identities began to solidify around the identities of the people living there. The aristocratic tradition prior to the First World War was a result of an already large change from the feudal structure of pre-industrial Europe.
It's interesting to try to draw parallels to the present day, but I think it's most important to remember we are participants of history and to behave as such.
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoThere was enormous opportunity as massive massive industries bad to be discovered bootstrapped and built out. And it was in an age where so many concentrated natural resources were ripe for taking. People seem to think of post-war booms as a thing, but the creation of colossal industries and their sprawling supply chains is something we have already done. Might we repeat the feat, double the scale of industry? Maybe. But expanding would bring nowhere near the prosperity & benefit that going from 0->1 brought us. It would (almost) all be owned by existing powers, versus the unplanned uncoordinated development from nothing of heavy industry we had.