The industrial revolution is undoubtedly one of the greatest achievements in human history. What everyone glosses over is that it really sucked for the workers

The industrial revolution is undoubtedly one of the greatest achievements in human history. What everyone glosses over is that it really sucked for the workers that lived thru it. Highly skilled jobs like weaving became obsolete and the low-skill factory work that replaced it, paid little more than a starvation wage.