章 531: Chapter 104: Trivial Matters

Events often have a dual nature. The agricultural crisis led to a dramatic drop in the prices of farm products, making life difficult for farmers, whereas the lives of workers improved.

As the cost of living decreased, this directly stimulated industrial development. Conflicts between labor and capital also diminished, with the most typical example being the number of times Parisians took to the streets to protest, which decreased by one fifth compared to the same period of the previous year.

In this regard, the mainstream of the world had transitioned from agriculture to industry, with all the major European powers developing around an industrial core.

Affected by the butterfly effect, the domestic market of the divided United States dramatically shrunk, preventing it from reaching the forefront in this industrial revolution; the origins of the second Industrial Revolution thus remained in Europe.