How did company towns turn out to be a negative situation for the workers living in them?

Company Towns are built around factories or mines for the workers and their families to stay closer to work. The negative situation is that workers had to pay for the company for a living, they had a small paycheck and had to buy everything at the company store. This way the company has the power over the workers, where they live, what they eat, what they gain. The company kept the workers in debt so they would not leave work.

adopted the practice of proskynesis, a persian court custom that involved bowing down and kissing the hand of others, depending on their rank.

the triple alliance. germany and austria-hungary were already allies by 1879 when, worried about a threat from russia, they formed the dual alliance. italy joined the group in 1882. there was a concern about a possible attack from france and the alliance needed powerful friends to defend it.