The industrial revolution was drove by social changes as Europe moved from an agricultural based economy to a capitalist urban one. ... Engines and machines, the magnificent products of science, began to revolutionize the idea of progress itself. A simple machine could now do the work of 20 men. ... This industrial revolution was triggered by the discovery of the steam engine, various spinning machines, and other mechanical devices. Only big capitalists that altered the method of production and displaced the former workers, could buy these machines, which were very expensive. ...

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Before and throughout the five-year plans Stalin's propaganda machine created an image of Stalin following the Leninist' path, ridiculing the rightists who were bringing back capitalism' whilst further damaging the leftist world-wide revolution' for being irresponsible and unpatriotic. ...

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