What do you think of the Victorian Era?

Aside from the straightforward questions of wealth through violence (and all the media course vocabulary);  they passed laws against monopolies that were reversed in the '80's- laws that would have protected from some of the centralised wealth and knowledge and power that the world lives in now; they filled, at least London with beautiful parks and green spaces without which London would not be a fraction of what it is.

Education was valued, cherished and encouraged; rightly or wrongly individuals invested their own wealth in experimentation, discovery, expansion and in humanitarian endeavours. Ideas that lead to ideas- Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley yeah [?] and the 'Pre-raphaelite brotherhood' contained a number of 'sisters' also- for all the traditional values and patriarchy, exemplary women still continued to find ways of demonstrating their worth... Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale- it would be a great long list were there the time to invest in searching the names; all Victorian.

Here's a different idea: when things are 'forbidden' it makes them somehow 'spicier'. The downside of casual liberalism [perhaps the wrong term] is that when 'everything is ok' -nothing is 'naughty', and how can a person recapture naughty when the very concept no longer exists? Not a hill worth dying on, just a fun thought experiment.

Britain ruled the world. World  has gone downhill since.

Interesting culture and time. Things were getting better regarding politics...taking more care about those poor and left behind and had usually a good economy. The dresses were neat and beautiful, although a bit tight for women in particular and some even for men. in the arts, especially literature is well worth mentioning.

I support the Victorian Era.  I have lots of their trading cards and posters.  Also a full Victorian Era strip:

It's what you get when you let aspies take over the Enlightenment.  It wasn't  humanity at its finest.

The women wore too much clothing. In other words, my indifference wins the day.

I don't know I wasn't around at the time.

There was a lot of innovation, change and discovery during the Victorian era.  The industrial revolution basically made the world we live in today.  It also brought with it new problems.

It was the height of the British Empire.  Rather nice if you were a Brit, not so much if you weren't.

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I love it.

My mother loved the designs of old Victorian dresses ever since she was a kid. 

And I love the old Victorian architecture in houses so much I want to buy one.

Where I now live.... 🥴😊😁 there are vintage old Victorian houses.