• Meron35@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The industrial revolution began in Britain around 1760, but living standards for most people did not meaningfully improve until the late 19th century, they even fell in the first few decades.

    That’s over an entire century, or at least four to five generations for meaningful improvement.

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      2 hours ago

      It seems to me

      the powers that be

      hope the technology

      will speed up the “wee”

      poverty and displacees

      to but a generation or three