" According to Gaskell, the steam-engine was from the very first an antagonist of 'human power: an antagonist that enabled the capitalists to tread underfoot the growing demands of the workers...it would be possible to write a whole history of the inventions made since 1830 for the sole purpose of providing capital with weapons against working-class revolt."
Do you seriously believe this nonsense, Tig?
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