"The Luddites were a group of English textile workers and weavers in the 19th century who destroyed weaving machinery as a form of protest. The group was protes

"The Luddites were a group of English textile workers and weavers in the 19th century who destroyed weaving machinery as a form of protest. The group was protesting the use of machinery in a "fraudulent and deceitful manner" to get around standard labour practices.[1] Luddites feared that the time spent learning the skills of their craft would go to waste as machines would replace their role in the industry.[2]" "It is a misconception that the Luddites protested against the machinery itself in an attempt to halt progress of technology." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite The modern day equivalent would be the French anti-Uber strike: https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/26/10832204/french-taxi-uber-strike-paris-vtc https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/26/10832204/french-taxi-uber... CATO's agenda, of course, requires depicting the French taxi drivers as "luddites protesting technology" which neatly illustrates exactly why the misconception has persisted for so long: https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewfeeney2/2015/06/30/uber-execs-arrested-in-france-after-luddite-protests https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewfeeney2/2015/06/30/uber-...