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A 6 page essay that looks at the writing of 3 19th century authors. In the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution swept across Western society, bringing innumerable benefits. However, these benefits were not evenly distributed throughout all classes in society and changes also increased the disparity in wealth between the upper classes and the poor. Based on a doctrine of laissez-faire capitalism, the "robber barons" of the late nineteenth century lived in ostentatious wealth while the lives of common workers were considerably worse than they were in previous ages. The following synthesis essay examines the work of three social commentators from this era, Edward Bellamy, Henry D. Lloyd and Henry George. Each of these writers argues against the economic, political and moral implications of uncontrolled capitalism. No bibliography is offered.
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society and changes also increased the disparity in wealth between the upper classes and the poor. Based on a doctrine of laissez-faire capitalism, the "robber barons" of the late nineteenth
century lived in ostentatious wealth while the lives of common workers were considerably worse than they were in previous ages. The following synthesis essay examines the work of three social
commentators from this era, Edward Bellamy, Henry D. Lloyd and Henry George. Each of these writers argues against the economic, political and moral implications of uncontrolled capitalism. Arguments of
economy Bellamy, in his novel, offers a complex analogy to explain the economy of the nineteenth century. He says this society was like a "prodigious coach," which had to be
dragged along a "very hilly and sandy road" (Bellamy 479). The top of the coach is covered in passengers who do not contribute to its locomotion, and "never got down,
even at the steepest ascents" (Bellamy 479). Occasionally, a passenger loses his seat and is "instantly compelled to take hold of the rope and help drag the coach" (Bellamy 479).
Bellamy explains the injustice of such a system to the belief that "there was no other way in which Society could get along" (Bellamy 480). The protagonist in Bellamys
novel awakens in the future, the year 2000, and at this time Bellamy pictures a utopian state that was achieved by the abandonment of capitalism. In this perfect world, government
ownership of production has eradicated selfishness, greed and competition. Bellamy argues that without these forces, there is no crime, no inequality, and no exploitation. Bellamy does propose overthrowing industrialism, but
rather posits that industrialism can be purified and humanized, so that all share in its benefits. Similarly, Lloyd expresses a similar critical view of nineteenth century capitalism, and a
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