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It's absolutely a political issue, and a long standing one.

If it makes you feel better, I've skimmed Phillips's book briefly but not read it in depth. It's an instruction manual.

What's required here really is some sort of political engineering.

Another insightful source, and one I've read (and re-typed), is Bernhard J. Stern's "Resistances to the Adoption of Technological Innovations". It's from 1937, but neatly captures numerous instances of, and the dynamics driving, such resistance.

https://archive.org/details/technologicaltre1937unitrich/pag... (poor-quality scan)

https://rentry.co/szi3g (Markdown)

I can send a PDF or ePub if you'd prefer, username <at> Protonmail. Content is not copyrighted to the best of my knowledge (US government publication, no copyright notice).