Wikipedia on Luddites
WikipediaPosted: February 13th, 2007 by Thomas L. Knapp
“The Luddites were a social movement of English textile workers in the early 1800s who protested — often by destroying textile machines — against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt threatened their livelihood. The movement, which began in 1811, was named after a mythical leader, Ned Ludd.”
December 25th, 2007 at 4:36 am
The Luddites were beaten, well ruthlessly destroyed really, by the British Government. Now we all know that history is written by the victors and so it is that we now accept the term ‘Luddite’ to mean a fool is opposed to or doesn’t understand technology. They were in fact opposed to technology that enslaved humans, as the industrial revolution did. The industrial revolution gave us the notion of leaving home and family to go to a place of work and exchange time for money. Follow the link on my name to learn more.