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by jodrellblank 1910 days ago
> "which is literally the Luddite stance."

"The Luddites were an early 19th century radical group which destroyed textile machinery as a form of protest. The group was protesting against the use of machinery in a "fraudulent and deceitful manner" to get around standard labour practices."

That's not "because they thought textile machinery was too dangerous to keep around" or "because they hate technology".