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A credible reason for a reaction to the industrial revolution was the existence of sweatshops and other unpleasant things in the early industrial revolution. However, I don't think this unpleasantness was the driver of the Romantic movement.

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All four romantic beliefs can be described as some for of attachment or clinging to a desired state. Buddhism and meditation practice reduce this and I wondered whether romaticism would be lower in India. I found a study that addresses this question and uses the same index as you used:https://www.frontiersin.org...It turns out that things are different in India but not in the way I expected - and also not as the researchers expected but more boring...

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