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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
That is an insult to the historical Luddites who were conducting a class war against the rising lords of capital who sought to exploit them more thoroughly.
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I'd say the "class war" description is slightly misleading, in that social class, while certainly involved in the Luddism movement, was not its prime motivator. It was principally a revolt against the introduction of new technology in the belief that it would lead to unemployment - the so-called "Luddite Fallacy".
History, of course is littered with dozens examples where refusing to expoit a new technology, in the hope that ignoring it will allow things to carry on just as before, has achieved that end. Or maybe not.
Having said that, no insult was intended, so I apologise if anyone took it as such.
/JB