The industrial revolution
Today, we have everything, literally everything that we could even imagine 100 years ago. Cars, computers, phones, factories, equality, and human rights were all direct products from the span of the industrial revolution and formed life as we know it today.
Second class citizens did not exist, nobles had wealth and education, while anyone else was poor. Cotton was the biggest need for anyone, as clothes were poor quality, the few people with enough to create way to help them produce clothing were also the first pioneers of the industrial revolution.
In the early days, people needed coal to power everything, and children to gather coal. Working conditions were very poor and unhealthy, as the average life expectancy was about 30 in 1836. Nobody had thought about rights until there were members of groups against poverty and laboring, nobody knew any better; as they were raised into it.
Human rights and protections were the biggest issue in the late revolution, in the early 1900’s people were looking to find equality as they were just getting out of the child labour 15 hour day jobs. They were all caught short when world war 1 ripped through their streets and had to put the equality act on hold
People were at the breaking point as racism and discrimination had been key issues after the war. Protests were held, laws were made, and quality of life had improved a giant amount in a short period of time.
Much of the slavery and living standards that came from the industrial revolution have changed the ways of life so drastically, that it is one of the main reasons we have to thank for today’s equality and standardized education available to everyone.
Much of the slavery and living standards that came from the industrial revolution have changed the ways of life so drastically, that it is one of the main reasons we have to thank for today’s equality and standardized education available to everyone.
Yet even after; there are still issues among us… Child labour is a huge issue right now in India, China and the Middle East. 215 million children are estimated to be working in unhealthy, underpaid conditions. As the revolution leaves crumbs into today, there will always be someone cleaning up the crumbs; in this case, Goodweave and child labour organisations are helping kids to have better living conditions.
Good outweighs the bad in this situation, as the bad turns into better. People struggled, people died, inventions were made to stop more people from dying, inventions were made to save people from their struggle. In remembrance of that struggle, people wanted ways to change, making human rights go into full swing after ww2, which has since saved not numerically representable amount of time, life, and suffering.
Good outweighs the bad in this situation, as the bad turns into better. People struggled, people died, inventions were made to stop more people from dying, inventions were made to save people from their struggle. In remembrance of that struggle, people wanted ways to change, making human rights go into full swing after ww2, which has since saved not numerically representable amount of time, life, and suffering.
If you look around right now, everything you see is a direct example of what the revolution contributed to our modern day life. Whether it’s your computer, the internet, a door, your clothes, the window; they all represent the industrial revolution.