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No it cant, that’s literally a contradictory statement

>>edgyqu+(OP)
The Industrial Revolution had massive positive outcomes for humanity as a whole.

Those who lost their livelihoods and then died did not get those positive outcomes.

>>midasu+hl
It could be argued that the Industrial Revolution was the beginning of the end.

For instance, it's still very possible that humanity will eventually destroy itself with atomic bombs (getting more likely every day).

>>bambax+Kv
> It could be argued that the Industrial Revolution was the beginning of the end.

"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans"

>>lordfr+wL
One of my favorite thought nuggets from Douglas Adams