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<blockquote data-quote="romp" data-source="post: 1278373" data-attributes="member: 12922"><p>I realize that this is a digression from the Eberron discussion since we really do not know much at all about the society/economics in the setting, but I do not think that the Industrial Revolution changed the economic outlook for lots of farmers. The American Revolution and other cultural shifts took place because people were tired of never owning any property. Farmers wanted to own the land they farmed and not be beholden to any entity across the sea. Since the IR happened and the technological pace has jumped there are still farmers but they are right back to being basically tenant farmers for corporations instead of leige lords. Fewer and fewer farmers own either the land or the crops themselves. Tyson chicken owns the eggs, hatchlings, chicks, chickens, feed, etc. and the majority of the chicken farmers are just contract labor that takes care of the products in the meantime.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot fewer farmers now than say, before WW2. Having a car/home/mortgage/flatscreen TV/computer/DVD/outdoor BBQ/etc. does not make you better than penniless. It just means you have more toys that you have to work to pay off (read enslavement). The bankers before the IR did not suddenly lose everything in the "wealth-shift" and find a whole bunch of former farmers in their midst, a lot less people were needed to farm food efficiently. That enabled a lot of people to move to the cities and find work in sweatshops and factories under conditions that made farm life really attractive.</p><p></p><p>Eberron will most likely have a mix of societies but with just the trickle of info so far it is only speculation to say that it will be anything in particular. Most likely there will be a nation on the map that will encompass each style of society and economic system, but the vast majority of gamers find those kind of details boring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="romp, post: 1278373, member: 12922"] I realize that this is a digression from the Eberron discussion since we really do not know much at all about the society/economics in the setting, but I do not think that the Industrial Revolution changed the economic outlook for lots of farmers. The American Revolution and other cultural shifts took place because people were tired of never owning any property. Farmers wanted to own the land they farmed and not be beholden to any entity across the sea. Since the IR happened and the technological pace has jumped there are still farmers but they are right back to being basically tenant farmers for corporations instead of leige lords. Fewer and fewer farmers own either the land or the crops themselves. Tyson chicken owns the eggs, hatchlings, chicks, chickens, feed, etc. and the majority of the chicken farmers are just contract labor that takes care of the products in the meantime. There are a lot fewer farmers now than say, before WW2. Having a car/home/mortgage/flatscreen TV/computer/DVD/outdoor BBQ/etc. does not make you better than penniless. It just means you have more toys that you have to work to pay off (read enslavement). The bankers before the IR did not suddenly lose everything in the "wealth-shift" and find a whole bunch of former farmers in their midst, a lot less people were needed to farm food efficiently. That enabled a lot of people to move to the cities and find work in sweatshops and factories under conditions that made farm life really attractive. Eberron will most likely have a mix of societies but with just the trickle of info so far it is only speculation to say that it will be anything in particular. Most likely there will be a nation on the map that will encompass each style of society and economic system, but the vast majority of gamers find those kind of details boring. [/QUOTE]
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