Industrialization and Wealth

Every country has its own special historical touchstones. When I read the Wharton’s and Davis’s stories which talk about the lives of early American wealthy and poor people, I remembered the history of my country, Turkey.
Turkey has a very long-standing past related to Ottoman Empire. As in the case of American history, sultans from Ottoman Empire were very wealthy. They lived in huge palaces that were unnecessarily decorated with gold and ornaments that were bought from Europe. When I look at these two countries’ histories, I can definitely say that there is such a blame for both countries because people obviously played ducks and drakes with money. There is an expression that describes people who become rich after living in very poor conditions for a long time in my country. I can clearly see that these people who became very rich after industrialization in the U.S. were parvenu. This living style shows us to understand why there is such a huge difference between the poor people and the rich people in the U.S. as well as in Turkey. The only difference between the U.S. and Turkey is that the U.S. had accomplished industrialization whereas Turkey could not because of unnecessary expenditures of sultans and their successor governments in modern Turkey. I agree with Wharton and Davis about the negative effects of industrialization. While we cannot deny positive effects of industrialization, it is certain that industrialization has negative effects on late immigrants. Due to early immigrants’ greediness and later immigrants’ desperation, later immigrants were forced to work in dangerous conditions. I think that this is a shame of humanity. If wealthy American people had treated late immigrants differently and had given them their due then life would have been better for everyone. Consequently, all we have to do is to take a lesson from the history and never and ever repeat again same mistakes for current and future generations.