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> When Argrarian societies industrialized into developing countries, the growth in better paying manufacturing jobs was enough to absorb the increasing number o
by namaria 2y ago
> When Argrarian societies industrialized into developing countries, the growth in better paying manufacturing jobs was enough to absorb the increasing number of poeple moving into cities
This is just not true. The influx of urban population and the lack of available jobs in industry was a major problem that drove growth of slums all over major European cities, sparked the 1848 revolutions and contributed to the collapse of the Austrian Empire.
- badpun 2y agoYup. European and North American cities in XIX century were on average much more ghastly places than the countryside. Homelessness, hunger, starvation, hordes of underage prostitutes were common in Paris, London etc. If you had a job, you worked 80 hour weeks for pittance. If you lost it, due to an injury or company not needing you anymore, you ended up on a refuse pile. All that gave us socialism and communism, which did not exist before the industrial revolution.