From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   The industrial revolution transformed society.   
   This was abhorrent to Chinese morals. Farmers   
   were meant to remain farmers, not leave the   
   rural areas for population centers to become   
   factory workers. This wasn't an issue in the   
   United States because we had some social   
   mobility, but we also had immigration so we   
   could place large numbers inside of factories   
   without removing labor elsewhere in the   
   economy. Industrialization, at least in the   
   beginning, on a small scale, could co exist   
   and even flourish within the culture here,   
   allowing a more gradual transformation.   
      
   Admittedly, the transformation was rapid &   
   painful enough, despite a vastly more   
   adaptable culture....   
      
      
      
      
      
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