One of the social "cons" of the Industrial Revolution was the large monetary gap that was suddenly created within the classes of people. Why was this gap a problem for society?

Industrial Revolution

Explanation:

The Industrial Revolution destroyed the old division of society: clergy, nobility and commoners. There was a development of a bourgeoisie, a middle class who engaged in trade and other capitalist ventures. The wealthy bourgeois were factory owners, bankers, mine owners and merchants. Industrialization sharpened the distinctions between the middle class and the labouring class. Factory workers were the newest and most rapidly growing social group.

the revolution instituted a short-lived roman republic.