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Not as far as we know. Though, honestly, who knows? If there was, like Mr. Cryan, he became a victim of [[survivor bias]] and no record remains of him or his sage savouries. | Not as far as we know. Though, honestly, who knows? If there was, like Mr. Cryan, he became a victim of [[survivor bias]] and no record remains of him or his sage savouries. | ||
In the meantime, what do we think happened to intricately-woven fabric now it could be quickly | In the meantime, what do we think happened to intricately-woven fabric, now it could be quickly produced with minimal labour? Did this mean [[rentier]] capitalists, finally freed of the burden of wasteful servants, could reap colossal margins while their monstrous machines pumped out acres and acres of expensive fabric for an insatiable market of wealthy, but now underemployed, former hand-weavers? | ||
No. | No. | ||