You sure about that? Sounds like some righteous motivation and then the owner class writing the history they wanted remembered after the fact by trying to have the term adopted in wealthy-owned media as simply those “afraid of any new technology”
“The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who protested the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay, child labor, working conditions and output quality. They often destroyed the machines in organised raids. Members of the group referred to themselves as Luddites, self-described followers of “Ned Ludd”, a legendary weaver whose name was used as a pseudonym in threatening letters to mill owners and government officials.”
That’s just the Wikipedia intro, I’m sure plenty here with more depth to add.
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As a side note, I’m also a little sick of hearing people use the term ‘Luddite’ without any knowledge of the historical context.
The Luddites were the stupid ones who simply lashed out because they didnt understand the new tech.
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You sure about that? Sounds like some righteous motivation and then the owner class writing the history they wanted remembered after the fact by trying to have the term adopted in wealthy-owned media as simply those “afraid of any new technology”
That’s just the Wikipedia intro, I’m sure plenty here with more depth to add.
Clearly Luddite means anyone I disagree with, right?
That’s “woke”
Whatever Luddite.
Woke Nazi!
Everybody whining about this Project 2025 thing is just calling everyone they disagree with Nazis