Conditions of the Worker

Economic conditions were terrible before capitalism. The pictures from the Industrial Revolution may not look great now, but what were their options? They chose those working conditions because it was much better than the alternative. The social system was extremely rigid prior to capitalism. Capitalism is a system of mass production. The population exploded because enough could be produced to support more people.

The conditions of the worker over a century ago are not desirable by today’s standards. The workers in those factories were not compelled to work in those conditions. They were not compelled to work for such wages or long hours. Yet still, it was preferable to what was available previously. The factory owner would hire workers ready to trade their labor for the wages they could offer.

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