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> You could have said the same of Industrial Revolution.

Yeah, and that's when people make it clear they don't know history.

There were many points during the Industrial Revolution when if you said the same thing, you would be absolutely correct.

A few of those times, the problem was "solved" by violence and deep restructure of the economy; other times it was "solved" by violence and letting lots and lots of people die. By the 20th century people realized that if you restructure the economy earlier, you can avoid that violence step, but some also realized they can just spread propaganda saying problems never happen, and stop any reorganization.




It was also tied to a number of other events that massively depleted the population, including the Black Death. Not violent but very deadly, leaving Europe open to social restructuring.




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