The same thing sort of did happen during the industrial revolution, but not really because of the machines, as Marx is careful to point out. Regular economic h

The same thing sort of did happen during the industrial revolution, but not really because of the machines, as Marx is careful to point out. Regular economic history assumes that life before the industrial revolution must have been worse. Sure, people worked 11 hour days, had no weekends, but if it were that bad why did they go and work there in the first place? It must have been better. Similar arguments today are made about sweatshops in 3rd world countries. The answer is simply that they were kicked off their land via the enclosure movement and the game laws. So they were left with very little option. This was intentional.