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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
pernillet@mastodon.online ("Pernille Tranberg ✔️") wrote:

Today, tech opportunists and chatbots define Luddites as anti-technology, naive, backwards, anti-progress. It is wrong, acc to this very good read by Brian Merchant: The real Luddites were not opposed to technology. They were opposed to the way technology was being used against them.
My take; The real Luddites of today are fighting for human rights, democracy (playing by the rules) and a clean planet - in direct opposition to the tech bros who fight for their own wealth

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/understanding-the-luddites-in-the?publication%5Fid=1744395&post%5Fid=202157698&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=8lzrcg&triedRedirect=true&utm%5Fsource=substack&utm%5Fmedium=email