The term "Luddite" has become synonymous with "technophobe" but that's not what the Luddites were about. They were a labour movement that fought to give workers control over the technology that was advancing without oversight and rapidly automating them out of their jobs.
"Luddite" as a pejorative was a technocrat PR coup.
@Wolven they were a labor movement that fought against technology that was set to improve society for all because they were busy clinging to the old ways out of a sense of self-entitlement.
It wasn't a technocrat PR coup. It was society as a whole telling them to knock it off for the sake of the general welfare.
@nazgul nope.
The technological advancements meant that less work was needed to supply goods for society.
If parents and children started dying in sweatshops 7 days a week that's a different problem that the technological advancements made less necessary.
If it happened anyway don't blame the technology that offered an alternative.
@volkris @Wolven You can’t divorce technology from how it is used in a capitalist society. You’re denying history and reality. If it can be used to abuse people, it will be used to abuse people.
That’s like releasing software with no security and then claiming it’s not your fault that someone broke into your customer’s site.
