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"Like today, the industrial revolution included a period of time that saw many lose their jobs and a massive surge in inequality. It also lifted millions of oth
by EricE 2y ago
"Like today, the industrial revolution included a period of time that saw many lose their jobs and a massive surge in inequality. It also lifted millions of others out of sustenance farming. Then again, it also propagated slavery, particularly in North America."
Slavery existed long before the industrial revolution and still exists to this day. Talk about being grossly ignorant of not just history but of today too.
- harimau777 2y agoI think that it might be accurate to say that it propagated slavery in a unique way even if it didn't start it. I.e. would slavery have been the same institution in the US without an international slave trade and industrialized cotton processing & manufacturing?
- Nasrudith 2y agoLook up the Triangle Trade. An international slave trade was the status quo for centuries before the Industrial Revolution.
- itishappy 2y agoThat's what "propagate" means...