There also wasn't necessarily displacement.
Much of the agricultural automation that occurred in the 19th century was a response to labor shortages as people moved to industrial centers for jobs that were more attractive than farm labor.
Much of the agricultural automation that occurred in the 19th century was a response to labor shortages as people moved to industrial centers for jobs that were more attractive than farm labor.
There are pamphlets by early industrialists who advocated this as a way of dealing with labor shortages in their factories and the natural idleness of peasants.