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CFA #1: INDUSTRIALIZATION CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE. POST-INDUSTRIAL CHANGES: End of feudalism, slavery More choices in good & services Lower prices from mass production More jobs Some jobs replaced by machines Rising Middle Class, rising wages Growing democratization (away from monarchy)
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POST-INDUSTRIAL CHANGES: • End of feudalism, slavery • More choices in good & services • Lower prices from mass production • More jobs • Some jobs replaced by machines • Rising Middle Class, rising wages • Growing democratization (away from monarchy) • Rise (& fall?) of labor unions • Globalization • More transportation & communication • More food, health, nutrition, medicine • Longer lifespans (long-term)
POST-INDUSTRIAL CHANGES: • More technology, convenience • Better, more universal education • More suffrage (esp. women) • Class mobility • Rising Standard of Living (developed countries) • City planning • Movement from laissez-faire to utilitarian government administration (all levels) • Rise of reactionary philosophies: socialism, Marxism, Communism • Improving working conditions (esp. safety) • Rising economies, GDP
POST-INDUSTRIAL CHANGES: • Increased militarization • Imperialism • More violent, larger wars & international conflict • Rising global population • Depleting Resources • Environmental Degradation (deforestation, extinction, habitat destruction) • Pollution (air, water, land) • Massive urbanization • Rise of corporations, corporate control of economies, politics, culture
POST-INDUSTRIAL CHANGES: • Large income gaps (difference in wealth between rich and poor… individually AND nationally) • Myopic Thinking (short term profiting over long term sustainability) • Exploited Third World nations • Consumerism, Materialism vs. Sustainable Growth • 35!