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I don't think it's a grand conspiracy (and I know you're not saying that) but pushing buttons and pulling levers in a factory for a paycheck was a marked improv
by 23B1 2y ago
I don't think it's a grand conspiracy (and I know you're not saying that) but pushing buttons and pulling levers in a factory for a paycheck was a marked improvement over dirty water and subsistence farming.
- 3lit3krew 2y agoIt was a downgrade from the cottage industry we had before big factories became the norm.
- _DeadFred_ 2y agoAgain zero actually said just assertions to challenge the system. For the miller, yes (kindof), for the person who couldn't afford a mill, no. Their best hope was to sell their kid off as a 'apprentice' to the miller. Of course the miller could only expand/improve their setup as much as their own skillset allowed, greatly reducing productivity which, spread out across the entire economy, provided a much lower standard of living.
- 23B1 2y agoYou can quibble about 'better' I guess, or make a fallacy of composition, but by nearly every measurable metric humanity is broadly better off as a species post-industrialization.