• hexaflexagonbear [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    No, it was a targetted movement where they believed the technological advances were replacing good jobs with little benefit to the community. I don’t know the details but I believe they accepted new technologies when it was displacing dangerous labour. I imagine it’s not dissimilar to discussions we’re having right now about more or less the same issues!

    • luddybuddy [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Yep, and they didn’t destroy machines belonging to owners who weren’t dicks. It was against using new tech to immiserate artisans, not against the new tech itself. It may have been bad tactics, but the motivations were good.