Industrialization created problems no single state could solve, forcing centralization

Evidence

The industrial revolution changed the world. Its consequences grew like a snowball rolling down a steep mountain. The industrial revolution had let loose, like a jinni out of its bottle, enormous social and economic forces. And from these came cultural and legal changes of equally enormous dimensions. The industrial revolution created wealth, and it created huge new social problems. No single state, no Rhode Island or Alabama or Oregon, had the muscle to handle these problems. Men like Jefferson had dreamt of a country of yeomen, a federalism of smallholders, a republican vision of Utopia. But this no longer fit reality, not even remotely (if it ever did). — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3780

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Insecurity drove new states to keep centralized control rather than federate — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2496; Demographic explosion and industrialization forced power beyond sovereignty — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 264; Demographic explosion and industrialization overwhelmed the old sovereign power model

Broader Connections

• Demographic explosion and industrialization overwhelmed the old sovereign power model #corroborates (0.88)
• Demographic explosion and industrialization forced power beyond sovereignty #corroborates (0.86) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 264
• Insecurity drove new states to keep centralized control rather than federate #corroborates (0.85) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2496