Anti-Industrialism: A Reaction to Environmental Destruction

As the years of progressivism approached in the late 1900s, there has been an increasing common trend of industrialization around the world. Albeit, industrialism can offer a multitude of different job opportunities to the public, boost the economy, and make daily activities easier to complete through various types of technologies. However, everything has its cons. As
America's economic and social systems continue to develop on a larger scale, it eliminates any remnants of the worlds agricultural philosophies. This is why anti-industrialism was created; to reduce the amount of manufacturer's existing in today's economy. Anti-industrialism takes precedence over industrialism due to the fact that industrialism promotes destruction of the environment,

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It is difficult for parents or guardians to step in and minimize the problems occurring, if they are clueless as to whether or not there is a problem at all. To conclude, as the world continues to develop and become more technologically advanced, the increase in the common trend of industrializing the world leaves people vulnerable.
Industrialism promotes the destruction of the environment, causes shifts in lifestyle trends, and negatively impacts cultural values and morality. Anti-industrialism exists as an attempt to lessen the amount of manufacturing involved with today's economic and political sectors, and help to prevent the amounts of occurrences in which these problems happen. Furthermore, as the world continues to become more industrialized, it is important to realize the precautions and dangers that come along with it, and attempt to make the needed changes before it is too