The authors adduced one premise that was either a mistake or a lie:  the assertion that the Industrial Revolution caused destitution and misery.  That is simply untrue.  The Industrial Revolution, an offshoot of the Enlightenment in Scotland, gave rise to the mass production and transporation of goods in the United Kingdom (by people seeking profits) which significantly upgraded the quality of life there.  One example is cotton; industrialization so increased the utilization of cotton that cloth became affordable to everyone -- people very quickly, for the first time in history, had access to inexpensive, clean and serviceable clothing.