Source: Law & Liberty
by Aidan Grogan
“In his 1804 poem ‘Jerusalem,’ Romantic poet William Blake lamented the ‘dark Satanic Mills’ of the Industrial Revolution blotting out the green pastures and natural beauty of England. Blake’s critique of industrialization and its economic and social disruptions reflected the growing pains of a society in transition — from an economic order of rural, impoverished subsistence to one of urban, technological affluence. Two centuries later, a new transition is underway as developed economies shift from manufacturing to services. But among economic populists, a new Blakean nostalgia has manifested for the days of yore, except this generation of romantics dreams of a return to the ‘dark Satanic mills’ that Blake despised.” (05/26/25)
https://lawliberty.org/the-nostalgia-for-dark-satanic-mills/