Dr. Damien P. Williams, Magus on Nostr: The term "Luddite" has become synonymous with "technophobe" but that's not what the ...
The term "Luddite" has become synonymous with "technophobe" but that's not what the Luddites were about. They were a labour movement that fought to give workers control over the technology that was advancing without oversight and rapidly automating them out of their jobs. Sound familiar?
"Luddite" as a pejorative was a technocrat PR coup.
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