Talk:Dunwall/@comment-5142514-20130502220319/@comment-6301921-20130515203740

Just a warning: I have no idea what I'm talking about.

They can't really help that they're a part of it, and they might not be criticizing all post-industrial society. Plus, it's fantasy. I think the whole point of the gray, dreary urban atmosphere of industrialization is that it's supposed to be a golden age, but not too many people are actually seeing the benefits of it. I mean, it wasn't a new thing for more privileged people to take advantage of poor people, but at least there wasn't this whole lie of having a better life with new technology. Industry had very little regulation when it first started, which meant that the people up top didn't give a shit about the little people because they didn't have to. That included their employees and their customers. Factory accidents were common. The rivers were dirty, the cities were smoggy, and cutting costs and making profits were more important than human life. Once again, I'm not saying that this wasn't present before then, but "new opportunity" meant "working in a factory and living in a crowded and dirty city".

Plus there was the speed of it. With the world changing so fast, there was a lot of uncertainty and fear.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, because I'm pulling this from my brain from... seven years ago? Actually, I don't even know where it's coming from. I know that industrialization brought about a higher standard of living, but there were plenty of people who were promised more and got stepped on instead.