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pseydtonne  ·  3494 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear everybody; You are using the term Luddite wrong.

Agreed. If there is a lesson from this (preachy) re-evaluation of the original Luddite movement, it's that neither smashing the works nor remaining purposefully disorganized will solve social impacts to technological advance.

Even if the Luddites of yore had a point about lower quality, they weren't making a case that took away income from factory owners. This was so early in the industrialization process that would've been hard to organize an effective economic boycott.

    Nearly half the world's jobs are poised to fall to automation, remember, and only the rich currently stand to benefit.

Then perhaps we need to rethink wage-slavery. John Henry beat the hammer then DIED. Let the hammer be and help John become something else.