Paul Graham Raven on Nostr: "200 years ago, Luddites rose up against machines. Contrary to the ahistorical libel ...

"200 years ago, Luddites rose up against machines. Contrary to the ahistorical libel you've heard, the Luddites weren't angry or frightened of machines--they were angry at the machines' owners. They understood--correctly--that the purpose of a machine "so easy a child could use it" was to fire skilled adult workers and replace them with kidnapped, indentured Napoleonic War orphans who could be maimed and killed on the job without consequence."

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/15/wellness-taylorism/#sick-of-spying

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