Without the healthy regulations around today, early industry began to exploit its own working class. As the urbanization of cities, population, and job competition grew, the working class became increasingly dependent on their work. Eventually, it progressed to the point that the proles had no choice but to work for whatever hours or wages they could. It was either that or starve. Big bosses could pay their employees whatever they wanted and then take home as much of the profit as they desired. They could force their laborers to work for whatever hours they determined; others were always desperate for employment if the current staff was unwilling to comply. Toiling for exhausting 12-15 hour days for pathetic wages, the proles of the Industrial Revolution lived in poverty, sometimes housing a whole family in a single room with a little water and no sanitary facilities (Notgrass, 2008). The cycle continued, and the powerless poor showed no signs of breaking out. Frustrated with the state of their lives, the unskilled working class grew more and more discontent, noticing that their countries were so wealthy while they lived in poverty. This frustration lead to an inevitable contempt for the upper classes who many saw as their oppressors. The problem, as they saw it, was obviously not wealth; there was plenty of that. The problem lay in its even distribution, or lack thereof. True justice for industrial workers like themselves meant the impartial dispersal of capital. No single class would dominate the other, and the quality of life would be completely just and fair. But the rich capitalist leaders in the world snatched all the wealth they could for themselves. As long as they were in power, the proles were completely helpless. The plight of the workers was the most obvious problem that led to the rise of socialism. The second, however, was a bit more
Without the healthy regulations around today, early industry began to exploit its own working class. As the urbanization of cities, population, and job competition grew, the working class became increasingly dependent on their work. Eventually, it progressed to the point that the proles had no choice but to work for whatever hours or wages they could. It was either that or starve. Big bosses could pay their employees whatever they wanted and then take home as much of the profit as they desired. They could force their laborers to work for whatever hours they determined; others were always desperate for employment if the current staff was unwilling to comply. Toiling for exhausting 12-15 hour days for pathetic wages, the proles of the Industrial Revolution lived in poverty, sometimes housing a whole family in a single room with a little water and no sanitary facilities (Notgrass, 2008). The cycle continued, and the powerless poor showed no signs of breaking out. Frustrated with the state of their lives, the unskilled working class grew more and more discontent, noticing that their countries were so wealthy while they lived in poverty. This frustration lead to an inevitable contempt for the upper classes who many saw as their oppressors. The problem, as they saw it, was obviously not wealth; there was plenty of that. The problem lay in its even distribution, or lack thereof. True justice for industrial workers like themselves meant the impartial dispersal of capital. No single class would dominate the other, and the quality of life would be completely just and fair. But the rich capitalist leaders in the world snatched all the wealth they could for themselves. As long as they were in power, the proles were completely helpless. The plight of the workers was the most obvious problem that led to the rise of socialism. The second, however, was a bit more