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Disadvantages of the Use of Machinery:
Machinery has not proved to be an unmixed blessing. Whereas it has undoubtedly conferred untold benefits on mankind, it is also associated with certain evils.
Some of these evils are given below:
Monotony:
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Machinery has made the laborer’s work monotonous and irksome. The worker has nothing to do except to go on performing a few mechanical operations day in and day out. It has increased nervous strain.
Loss of Skill:
The craftsman with the superior skill had disappeared. Such skill is no longer necessary. The only type of skill that is needed now is to run the machines. The man who made the Dacca muslin has now only to look after the running of a machine. What a great national loss!
Goods not Artistic:
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A painting is a thousand times more beautiful than a photograph. The former has character and colour, the latter is just a print without individuality. From the point of view of art, it is a great loss.
Dependence:
Machinery has increased our dependence on others. We depend for our water and light on the satisfactory working of water-works and the power-house. A small flaw would result in the supply of these necessaries being cut off at any time. This may mean not only inconvenience but serious dislocation of normal life.
Destructive:
Man’s capacity to destroy and harm has grown a thousand-fold. Look at an atom bomb. A flourishing city like Hiroshima was destroyed in a moment. Wars have become more terrible now. We must condemn machinery for the destruction it can bring.
Insanitary Surroundings:
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Big factories pollute their surroundings and make them filthy and insanitary. Tender children and women are put to work in them. Thus, machines and factories have killed the joys of family life. This has led to moral degradation and physical deterioration.
Over-specialisation:
Machinery leads to too much specialisation. A worker has a narrow sphere of work, and he knows nothing else. This over- specialisation increases the risk of unemployment and cramps the worker physically.
Class-conflict:
Use of machinery is responsible for class-conflict—the capitalist on one side and the labourers on the other. The class-conflict has led to the disruption of social harmony. It is becoming sharper every day. It is responsible for so much unrest that prevails in the world today.
Unemployment:
Finally, it is said that machinery creates unemployment simply because one machine can take the place of several men. But the matter is not so simple.