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… With these negative effects brought by the industrial revolution, various
responses from different people were known, for further information let us hear
from Miss May Pearl.
For liberals, those democratic country, or those people with freedom, they
adopted the laissez-faire (allow to do or hands off) policy, which prevented the
government from interfering from private trade and industry, this is to
stimulate the growth of factories.
For Socialists, Government should own and manage the means of production for
the benefit of many, not just for a few. They believe that if the capitalist would
be put in control, there would be no democracy.
For Communists, those who believe in communism, which is having the absence
of social classes, money and the state, only a violent revolution could improve
the lot of workingmen. That is why they advocated… Because they believe that
there should be a common ownership of the means of production and the
absence of social classes, money and the state.
For Catholicism, as a response to the evil effects of Industrial Revolution…
This resulted to some positive and negative effects due to the inventions of
machines. Positively, there was a rise in the factory system, improvement in the
people’s standard of living, invention of labor-saving devices, urbanization of the
society, and others.
However, it also had brought a lot of pollution, environmental problems, and it even
widens the gap between the rich and the poor.