[krapp]

>They were a special interest that used violence to keep less skilled people out of their industry, so they could keep making more money than the hoi pollo.

So apart from the use of violence, the Luddites were essentially equivalent to modern tech culture. It's weird that they don't get more sympathy on HN.

Regardless, the complaints of the Luddites resonate because they would eventually apply to everyone, including the working class. It just happens that they came for the textile workers first.