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Lets consider the effect of the industrial revolutionLetsconsidertheeffectoftheindustrialrevolutionDuringthecourseofthe1800s,theso-called“westernworld”industrialized.Whatismeantbyit“industrialized”?Whatcausedtheindustrialization?Whatsustainedthisso-called“industrialization”?Whatcausedittogrowandexpandacrossthema...

Lets consider the effect of the industrial revolution
LetsconsidertheeffectoftheindustrialrevolutionDuringthecourseofthe1800s,theso-called“westernworld”industrialized.Whatismeantbyit“industrialized”?Whatcausedtheindustrialization?Whatsustainedthisso-called“industrialization”?Whatcausedittogrowandexpandacrossthemajorwesternsocietiesduringthe19thcentury?Itisofgreatimportancetounderstandthesethingsinordertofollowwhathappenedonintothe20thcenturyandevenintotoday.Industrializationwascausedbyavarietyoffactors.Amongthefactorscontributingwasincreasedproduction,reducedcost,andimprovedlogistics.Theold“betterfastercheaper”idea.However,ifweweretobringinthebasicdirectcauses,itwouldbeconstantinnovation,combinedwiththedemandforfinishedgoods.Basically,innovationXatsomepointinthelineofproductionofproductYleadstolowerconsumercostforit,leadingtoincreaseddemand.Increaseddemandmeansthatthespeedofproductionmustbeincreased.Firsttheyofcourseemploytheageoldsimpletechniqueofthrowingmorepeopleatit,butthathasitslimits.Abottlenecksomewhereleadstoastudybysomebodyofthebottleneckandhowtoremoveit.ThisstudyproducesinnovationZ,speedingproduction,andreducingcost,thereforereducingcosttotheconsumer,thusincreasingdemandandstartingtheprocessoveragain.Speakingtotallytheoretically,thisshouldleadtoaninfiniteimprovementuntileverythingisrunningataefficiencyof100%.Ofcourse,thisiseventuallystifledbecausedemandwillleveloffwheneverybodyhasenoughofProductY.Buttheslownessandconstantimprovementnatureofthesystemmeansthatitis,ineffect,self-perpetuating.Evenasdemandlevelsoff,theproducerswanttoreducecostsimplytoimproveprofitmargins,andeventuallyalsotocompetewithothermanufacturers.Furthermore,onceyourunoutofdirectconsumerdemand,itisthenplausibletoimplementthingsalongthelineof“plannedobsolescence”,orsimplytechnicalinnovationinconsumergoods.Moreover,astheproductsproducedbecameincreasinglytechnicalinnature,afinitelifespancouldbepresumedforsuchproducts,thusinsuringcontinuousdemandforproduct,ifnotincreasingdemand.IpsoFacto,anindustrializationstagehasnorealend,becausetheneedforitnevertotallyceases.Productscanalwaysbemadebetter,inlesstime,forlessmoney.Thisofcourseprecludeseconomics,thingslikeunionsmakingproductioninagivenlocationinherentlyunprofitable,andsoforth.WhywasthistakenplaceintheWestfirstratherthanotherplaces?Well,wecannotignorethatpartofitwassimplyhappenstance.Butthatismerelyasmallpartofit.Anextremelysmallpartofit.Thewest,atthetime,andperhapspresently,wasthemostpowerfulsectorofworldcivilization.Further,thewesthad,andhas,thespiritthatthegoldenageofalltimehasnotbeenreached.Thewestfelt,andfeels,thatthingscanbebettertheneverbefore.Thatallknowledgehasnotbeenlearnedyet.Withthatfeeling,abeliefthatthingscanbeinnovatedexists...notnecessarilythecaseinotherplacesintheworld.Lastly,thewesthadasocietywherepeoplecouldmoveup.Thiscreatedcompetitionamongstpeopletocomeupwithbetterideas.Thewestbasically,alsohadalackofemphasison“socialequality”andworking“forthegoodofsociety”,thatsomeothercivilizationshadatthetime.Itwasmainlythesethings,andalsomanyothersthatgavethewestachancetoindustrializeinthe19thcentury.Ofcourse,therecentandextremelyfastindustrializationofChinaandslightlylessrecentandlessspeedyindustrializationofRussiaandJapaninthe20thcentury,demonstratethatitwasnotamatterofmentalability.Norwasitamatterofagenuinelysuperiorculture,orpeople.Ofcourseforallthegoodthingindustrializationleftuswith,Weneedtorealizethatitwasallthesethingsthatcreatedthehorridsocietyandworldinwhichwecurrentlylivein.Wemustchangethis.
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