Helena Rosenblatt

They're not able to morally refine themselves or to contribute to society anymore.

in any meaningful way, morally or intellectually.

So government now needs to step in first with factory legislation and such, and eventually with some sort of tax distribution and so on.

Absolutely.

And it strikes me also that factory legislation at first, for example, again in France, was, you know, when it came to women, you know, shorten the workday, make it a little less harsh for them.

Why?

Because they'll have better breast milk.

They'll be healthier and they'll produce healthier soldiers, basically, boys who will fight in wars.

What I want to say there, Germany suddenly starts to play a big role.

They're thinkers.

They had thinkers who said that this whole idea of free markets and laissez-faire were great theoretically, but weren't working in practice right now.

And what you need is to actually study the workers and demographic patterns and prices and prices.

salaries and so on and come and see what's actually going on and then devise policies accordingly.

And these ideas were spread and were written about, their ideas were translated and talked about in England and France.

It's also the power of Prussia, right?

So Napoleon III thought he could have a little war with Prussia, give him some glory and some popularity.

And lo and behold, the exact opposite happened.

The Prussians won very quickly.

And it was a shock.

It was a shock to everybody that France, meant to be the most powerful country in Europe, could be defeated like this.