Chapter 117: Sincere Feelings

"Riots?" Bryan was slightly taken aback, "Why so?"

"With steam-powered machinery replacing most of the manual labor, a lot of low-class workers have become jobless, leading to dissatisfaction."

He then added, "Plus, the measly wages that they are paid in return for whatever job they do get."

Bryan's eyebrows furrowed as listened to Jamie's explanation. The steam-powered machines indeed put a lot of people out of jobs.

And all this discontent had been piling up and compounding over the years.

Now with the invention and the subsequent commercialization of the steam cars, a lot of carriage drivers also lost their earnings.

It would take them a lot of time to practice and learn to become chauffeurs. In the meantime, how were they supposed to feed their family?

Most of these poor people did not believe in the idea of saving. They lived their lives from paycheck to paycheck.