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VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

They were idiots trying to maintain a poverty based system simply because they weren’t on the very lowest rung. They were also proven very wrong, demand for textiles increased dramatically as prices fell and areas where there had been nothing but privation flourished into affluent communities with longer lifespans, better wages and improved living conditions for everyone even the lowest classes - this resulted in improvements literacy amoung the poor and resulted in the erosion of the class system as the early industrial era matured.

If the luddities had won we’d all be far worse off now.

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Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
You are conflating technology and its benefits with the owning class’s misuse of that technology. Capitalist apologists love to do this because otherwise the crimes of capitalism would have to stand on their own and there would be no defending them.

It’s exactly this conflation that lets people claim that the luddites were entirely anti-technology, but they weren’t. Again this is a lie that has been spread by capitalists to defend their own image.

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- VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  So your argument is that their stated aims were a lie and speeches claimed to be from notable figures in the movement were fabricated after the fact? Further that their violent actions should have been overlooked and if they had been there would be no corruption in the world today?
  
  Surely you can see how that argument is about as credible as flat earth?
  
  I don’t understand why people think they can just rewrite history to suit their needs.
  
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  - Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    What speeches? What stated aims? You need to make claims if you want me to address them.
    
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    VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    You want me to give you a history lesson? Funny that when you wanted people to believe an inversion of the history everyone knows you didn’t see any need for sources but now you expect me to meticulously demonstrate every word? and yes we all know it’ll never be enough…
    
    It doesn’t matter though because you’re not serious about what you’re saying and literally no one would belive your nonsense.
    
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