I do not believe that the Industrial Revolution was positive for everyone. I believe this because during the Industrial Revolution there was also an Agricultural Revolution which increased crops. Also the hygiene and medical care increased. Because of these three things, the population increased. Some may say that this was a good thing, because it brought new workers to replace the old ones. This may sound bad but it is true. And because of this increase of population there were less crops, the available crops were tightly spread out across the society. The Population overtook the crop supply. Factories got workers, People got jobs and got paid, Money curculated and increased the economy. But the population which quadropled in size did have all the money and the jobs, but did not have all the food, which was scarce. True this Industrial Revolution was good, it did bring jobs and new futures for millions. But the population will keep multiplying, expanding, we will never be able to make a surplus of food to cover and feed all of these people. It doesn't need to be good for everyone.
Factory Worker (Kiley Anderson)- Mr. Malthus, I agree with your opinion. People always say that a bigger population is a good thing because of the job opportunities. But, you are correct- we lose lots of food. I know that there are a lot of crops being raised at this time, but it still does not mean that the food is unlimited. As a factory worker, all I care about is maintaing a stable job so that I can get money to help keep my family alive. The Industrial Revolution did not positively affect me because a machine replaced me in my factory. Finding a new job has been difficult because going from town to town with a larger family is not a fun thing to do. I agree with your opinion.
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