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Originally Posted by Gormagon
Am I the only one who is reminded of modern Luddites when reading this thread?
"The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay and output quality. They often destroyed the machines in organised raids."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite |
The Capitalists were making x100 to x1000 profit, but paying workers less and giving worse conditions.
It's a myth, a lie, that they opposed progress or machines. It was about greed. They didn't oppose the use of the machines.