@weyoun6@kolektiva.social @jensorensen@mastodon.social 💯 Capitalists have promoted the idea that Luddites were anti-tech for its own sake, in fact they were against capitalists using tech to replace and impoverish people. But they had few options for protest. "Machine-breaking was one of the very few tactics that workers could use to increase pressure on employers, undermine lower-paid competing workers, and create solidarity among workers". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite