industrial Revolution Topics

We live in an industrial society and in a capitalistic world. Any industrail revolution Topics to consider? Look at links on the right.

As a modern society we are the result of our most recent past mainly.

Especially the late 19th century. I see many parallels.

Analogies and difference abounds.

Certainly, we are also the product of a longer civilisation process, but I see the modern world greatly shaped by the events of the last 200 years.

Children labour is nowadays forbidden alas not disappeared completely as you know. Slavery the same..

The concept of Internal Gross Product (IGP) is a post Second World War concept; an old concept linked to the need for recontruction, growing, building up from the ruins of the bombs..Today, we begin to realize that it's not possible to have a consumer society which grows without end. We already have everything.

The Mantra of the industrial society is to sell, to compete and win. But why competing, for what, since the global resources are limited? I saw for instance a large dairy company in Germany on TV. The Director was speaking of expanding the markets, growing sales, investing to become ever larger. Why? If they win other will loose. In the end there is no sense but for his own (and stock holders') pockets...

I think we are a brink of a big change. People in 500 years will look back at us with amazement. The exploitation of men by other men.

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