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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
Those who fought this conflict were motivated by class interests: the workers fearing replacement and a worsening of work conditions (i.e. an increased tempo of production) and the owners of early industrial capital seeking to more thoroughly exploit the resources over which they had control: workers, raw materials, and machines.
Luqman
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That's perfectly fair - if you define "class war" as a conflict between classes, then I'm happy to accept that and agree with you.
Personally, I tend to think of a class war as one strictly motivated by class issues - e.g. privilege, inequality etc., whereas my understanding of the Luddite movement was that their objections were specifically against the introduction of new technology, which they feared would affect their livelihoods. Certainly, the vandalism which they undertook was principally directed at that technology.
However, I'm happy to accept your meaning for the sake of the discussion, and as such I accept your point.
In my original comment, I wasn't referring to the historical luddites, simply using the word in it's everyday usage of "one who dislikes/mistrusts new technologies".
/JB