How did utopianism help shape the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 1

During the Industrial revolution, a British socialist named Robert Owen (lived from 1771 to 1858) conducted a practical experiment. He bought a cotton mill in Scotland and provided safe, healthy working conditions for his employees. He also turned the nearby town of New Lanark into a model community with good school and a high standard of living.

Owen and other socialist of his century that shared his beliefs were called Utopians. They tried to build Ideal communities in which the residents helped and shared in the economic success equally.

The United States and Britain could not become Utopiancountries because some people felt it wasn't fair that some people gained the same amount of money as they did when they were working more or less.