A common view is that the industrial revolution was a disaster for the working class in Britain. Workers suffered poverty wages, dreadful working conditions, long hours and bosses who treated workers like dirt. Is this portrayal completely accurate. The link below argues the standard view of the industrial revolution is not correct. The linked article is from a right wing pro capitalist group. Is there a divide among historians whether the industrial revolution harmed or benefited the working class. Do left wing anti capitalist historians regard the industrial revolution as harmful to the working class to show how bad capitalism is and right wing pro capitalist historians regard the industrial revolution as beneficial to the working class to show how beneficial capitalism was.

https://fee.org/articles/a-myth-shattered-mises-hayek-and-the-industrial-revolution/