Socialism was a reaction to the displacements of industrialism. The common people were surely impoverished in feudal times, but since their labor was on the land, the land was always there to support them. Not only economically, but psychologically. To be a serf is still to have a place under the sun. Not so after the Industrial Revolution.
Is the Fabian Turtle About to Snap?
Is the Fabian Turtle About to Snap?
Is the Fabian Turtle About to Snap?
Socialism was a reaction to the displacements of industrialism. The common people were surely impoverished in feudal times, but since their labor was on the land, the land was always there to support them. Not only economically, but psychologically. To be a serf is still to have a place under the sun. Not so after the Industrial Revolution.