Here are some stats for Germany 1820-1900, guess the "devil" is in here somwhere for you. One would be immediately drawn to just the basic (astounding) population growth stats. Then ask yourself why man differs from any other species from lemmings to lions, since his consuming predatory behavior & tendency to overexpand appears to be exactly the same?
We know you'll have another simple answer (like satan) which is exactly why things seem to always get worse, since not being able to identify reality/ solution usually means one is being part of the problem.
Also keeping in mind the bulk of Germany's economic success in this period leading up to 1910 was largely based on War preparations & building out infrastructure (jobs), this can be debated by those like you who cling to the "satan hypothesis" or other dimwitted historians.
Reality is what men do, not what they feint, propagandise or pretend to believe in and we see all similar basic motives for all other players at the same time, no surprise. Berlin population from 200,000 to 2mil from 1820-1900, yes thats quite a mini cambrian explosion....
Urban population growth:
Essen:
1820: 99,887
1870: 290,208
1900: 410,392
Hamburg:
1820: 127,985
1870: 308,446
1900: 721,744
1910: 953,103
Berlin:
1820: 199,510
1870: 774,498
1900: 1,888,313
1910: 2,071,907
Emigration:
1881-1890: 1,342,000
1890-1900: 528,000
1901-1910: 220,000
1912: 18,500
Rate of economic growth:
Coal: 31.8 million tons in 1880 to 110.7 million tons by 1900
Steel: 1.7 million tons in 1880 to 7.3 million tons by 1900
Pig Iron: 3.3 million tons in 1880 to 12 million tons by 1900
Merchant shipping: 1.5 million tons in 1880 to 2.6 million tons by 1900
Railways: 29,270 miles in 1880 to 34,480 miles by 1900
Trade Union membership:
1891: 344,000
1896: 409,000
1900: 851,000
1905: 1,650,000
1910: 2,435,000
1913: 3,024,000 |
