The hand tools of early times are used no more. Mammoth machines have taken their place. A few thousand capitalists own them and many millions of workingmen use them.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Industrialization shifted tool ownership from workers to a small capitalist class.
- In plain terms
- Machines replaced hand tools, and capitalists own them while workers use them.
- What can you take from it?
- Technology ownership concentrates power in few hands.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who owns the tools you use?
- How does ownership affect power?
Another view
Modern tech access is more distributed than in Debs era.
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