Due to the new technology, the humans were divided. It was a terrible, vicious circle. Those who were successful and had a lot of capital took advantage of the change. They bought machines, built up a factory with which they had profits. With the new profits, they were able to buy more supplies, it went on and on like this. Capital has never before grown this quickly. Meanwhile, the poor people, had no capital and were dependent on the people providing work. They were exploited and got poorer and poorer. They had to work hard but were underemployed. The middle class for example people with their own little businesses, like weavers, engineers, sank terribly, as their work was no longer needed. Social classes and the so-called poverty gap developed. This is the huge gap between the now really rich capitalists and all the poor ones. The people that controlled the enterprises were one of those classes- the industrial capitalist.
             When you wanted to produce something, in the pre-industrial time, it took
             Long time and every task was 'fueled' by the energy of humans or animals. With the new machinery, mass production was possible. This was something totally new. Now, the people were unnecessary, as the power-driven machines could also fulfill the work leading to terrible unemployment.
             The farmer could work at home and on his little farm. Only the need for money drove him to real work. As the smog ruined ecology, the farmers grasped that farming would not be a good-enough occupation to feed his whole family and pay the taxes. This caused a lot of farmers to turn to manufacturing centers for work. This changed the society a lot, as millions of people moved from the countryside to industrial centers to look for work. Industrialization also promoted the disappearance of slaves, who were commonly occupied before.
             The political system was called laissez-faire. This meant that the
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