Friedrich Engels highlighted two primary characteristics of working-class living conditions in England: the appalling levels of poverty and the unsanitary living environments. He emphasized that workers often resided in overcrowded, dilapidated housing with inadequate sanitation, leading to widespread disease. Engels argued that these conditions were a direct result of industrial capitalism and the exploitation of labor, which dehumanized the working class.
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