But what if they become thieves?".
"The principle of the factory system then is, to substitute mechanical science for hand skill." The upcoming machine age also posed a major problem when it came to the way people worked and made their livings. "It is, in fact, the constant aim and tendency of every improvement in machinery to supersede human labour altogether" were the word of Andrew Ure in his "Philosophy of Manufacturers". The ability of the worker was now being tested in various ways by the implementation of machinery, hand-skill was traded for ability to operate and work in conjunction with instruments. Also the amount of jobs available was diminishing because of the multitude of jobs single machines could do. These factors work against the needs of the common man to provide for his dependents in an industrializing society. Blanc say the destructive powers of the machine and said that if the were not all destroyed "one thousand workmen, whom the new machine displaces in the workshops, will knock at the door of the next one and will force down the wages of their fellow workers. A systematic lowering of wages resulting in the elimination of a certain number of labourers.".
"A privy without a door, so dirty that the inhabitants can pass into and out of the court only by passing through foul pools of stagnant urine and excrement" were a few of the words of Friedrich Engels in his description of the conditions that the people of the working class in Manchester lived in. As Manchester grew as what was considered the first industrial city in England, so did the evident rift in the lifestyles of the various classes in society, and through this segregation based on status there was contention on the topics of equal suffrage in society. "The town itself is peculiarly built, so that a person may live in it for years, and go in and out daily without coming into contact with a working-people's quarter or even with workers, that is, so long as he confines himself to his business or to pleasure walks" another quote from Engels shows further the inequality of Manchester, and similarly so in industrial towns that followed.