The political machine is an organization that is headed by a single boss who has control over an enormous number of votes. The political machine first started because of the rapid growth of internal and external immigration in the United States. These immigrants had little money coming into the big cities, so political machines approached them and gave them housing and jobs. Even though their primary goal is to sell votes to politicians and make a fortune doing that, they sometimes benefit the society by centralizing the government’s power, construct facilities and encourage the growth of industries.
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It's important to note that what the Bosses were doing was almost always illegal, and later, when there were laws against political machines, the Bosses often times turned into mafia leaders instead.
Do you think that it is still good that the politicians have all the power even though the government's power is centralized? Also the politicians who did this are super smart. Another fact to take account of is that the politicians don't care about the factory workers and have terrible working conditions and prices in the factories.
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