Robert Owen (Julie Horgan)
The Industrial Revolution here in Europe has not been the most positive thing for everyone. Just this morning I walked into a factory in Manchester and boy did I see the devastation that has been brought to our people. Bloody hands and zombie like children were everywhere. This one poor lad had his hand stuck in one of those water frames and all the owner of the factory did for him was wrap some cloth around the wound and ordered him back to work! What madness. Even though these factories have helped do away with slavery, when I am in them, I see most of the same anguish in the workers' eyes as in the slaves'. With all of their hard work, these factory people are paid very little, worked so very much, are sick a lot of the time, and injure themselves on a daily basis. How can the Industrial Revolution be positive when people are working in unsafe environments everyday? The moans still ring in my ears from all of the sorry souls in that factory. So no. No the Industrial Revolution has definitely not been been the most positive impact.
These people, though they may not know it, are a necessary part of this revolution. This is a necessary evil so that the rest of society and the rest of humanity can be provided with the resources it needs to carry on. If humanity is to grow and continue growing at the rate it is at, then our output of resources need to match that. We need people to work hard and long to continue our race.
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