The difference between handicraft factory and machine factory.

Handicraft workshop is a basic form of labor socialization in the early stage of capitalist production development, and its appearance marks the emergence of capitalist bud.

Machine factory is an industry engaged in socialized mass production with machines and machine systems.

2. Different characteristics

The simple cooperation of handicraft workshops did not change the manual labor tools and operation methods, but only cooperated under the command of the same capitalist.

The machine factory is built on the basis of high technology, and the technical foundation is constantly updated with the progress of science and technology; It is a highly socialized large-scale production, which is manifested in the increasingly socialized use of production materials, production process and product market realization process. The machine industry is produced on the basis of the development of capitalist workshop handicraft industry, and it is the product of industrial revolution.

Extended data:

The basic unit of urban handicraft production in feudal society. Handicraft workshop owners own private means of production, operate in a decentralized manner, and take their own physical labor as their main source of livelihood. Generally, workers are not employed, but only helpers and apprentices who do auxiliary work.

Helpers and apprentices don't get paid, but only earn a meager living. Therefore, there is no capitalist employment relationship between workshop owners, helpers and apprentices.

Handicraft workshops can be divided into two stages: decentralized handicraft workshops, that is, simple cooperation and centralized handicraft workshops, that is, workshop handicrafts. Simple cooperation does not change the manual labor tools and operation methods, but only works together under the command of the same capitalist.

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