> I believe Hard TImes was written in 1857 or so. The > Industrial > Revolution is generally considered to have started with > Adam Smith > around 1790-something. But before that poverty would not > have been > much fun wither -- just ask the serfs.
> Dana Not a question of poverty being "fun"... a question of poverty being viewed as an "evil" or "social ill". In previous eras, being a poor farmer may not have been a life of luxury but it wasn't looked upon as being an "evil" that needed to be combatted... there weren't campaigns of people with money trying to eliminate poverty (and associated homelessness and hunger, etc.) in the world as there are now. For that matter, homelessness was for many if not most a strange idea, if they thought about it at all. They might have lived alone -- in the woods -- without a "house" per se, but if they did it was typically by choice and not because they lacked finances (or family) as is the case with a great number of modern urban poor. That is -- it's one thing to live poor in the country if you have some idea how to provide food and shelter for yourself in that environment -- it's entirely another (and in just about every way far, far worse) to live "on the street" in a modern sprawl. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://macromedia.breezecentral.com/p49777853/ http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=4806 http://www.fusiontap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151892 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
