What's the Problem With Industrialization?

In Moby Dick, Ahab is caught by sort of an industrial wire which just wraps around him. And it's described as like the sound of a coming steam train or something like this. Both Melville and Mumford are people who are realizing that could happen to them in almost in a frantic effort trying to keep on top of things.

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