Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Friedrich Engles (Brooke Anderson)
Hello I am Friedrich Engles. What defines the impact of being positive? Yes sure more people are working and are making more money that they were before, but where they live is sure not positive. The tenements they live in are over crowed and dirty. Workers are attracting disease that may not have ever even been around before they Industrial Revolution. Children are becoming deprived of their childhood and being forced to work in these factories to help provide for their families. Yes there are positive outcomes, as in being employed, however they are many more negative effects. Once there enough places for people to live in then I believe there will be something positive from it. However at the moment it is just hurting more people. There are a few positive things for the citizens of the Industrial Revolution, however there are much more worse.
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ReplyDeleteHerbert Spencer (Olivia Harrington)
ReplyDeleteFriedrich, I disagree with what you are saying. Even though some people are living in poor conditions but there are things that they can do to fix this problem. As you stated before, more people are working. This means that people are making more money. With more money, people could use this money to move out of tenements. People moving out of tenements would allow for less disease and no more over crowding. You also said that children are losing part of their childhood by being forced to work. If the children know what they are doing, they should do it. It is always better to have more workers because more work is being done. Also, since they are working, they are making money and income. This money could be used to help get their family out of the tenement and poor conditions that their family is living in. Also, more people working could lead to a larger production of food and supply. This could fix the problem mentioned by Thomas Malthus of the population increase and food and supply increase ratio. There are more people to produce this food and supply. In conclusion, I disagree with your views on this topic. I believe that the Industrial Revolution had a positive impact in Europe.
Thomas Hobbes:
ReplyDeleteI understand and respect your opinion, but i cannot agree with it. I agree that tenements were crowded and dirty. They were places where disease spread quickly, but you fail to see the bigger picture. These tenements were efficient. They allowed for mass lodging near factories, which in turn boasted the economy. The people may not have benefited from living in the tenements, but those tenements helped the economy, helping the people in the long run. You complain that children must work in the factories, but you must understand that work on a farm was not much better. The Industrial Revolution gave those children something they didn't have before it. It gave them hope and a chance to move up in life. Working on a farm gave those children no chance to increase their quality of life.
Angelica Mirandou (Thomas Malthus)
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you're saying! These positives that came out of the industrial revolution were short lived. The standard of living went up, but the quality did not. As you said people lived in tenements crowded with people and disease. This was one of the main causes that shortened the life span of people. The unsanitary living conditions cut peoples' lives short. So, these positives that the people experienced were short lived. The population is growing fast and society can't keep up with the growth rate of the population. I agree that the industrial revolution did not have a positive impact on the people. I support your thinking process it's similar to my own.