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The Demoralization of London?s Culture The culture of London degenerated in spite of its economic growth, culminating into a society desensitized with its internal miseries up to the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the Victorian Age. London?s commercial importance predestined its culture to bloom in theatre, clubs, coffeehouses, music, art, and literature, from alluring a mass of population that would enrich its upper classes. However, while capitalism produced great wealth and contributed …

…disrespect for humanity and life in general. The lower class partook in mostly alcoholism, prostitution, and robbery, while the upper class engaged in subtle exploitation and murder. Up to the Victorian Age, however, crimes in the upper class were more evident. With the economic spur of the Industrial Revolution, morality was of subordinate concern. Capitalism had no restraint on the economic detriment and hopelessness it produced on the workers living in the slums of London.