The author's premise is that Luddites are a misunderstood group with a misunderstood agenda but then goes on to immediately say: "The historic Luddites were sk

The author's premise is that Luddites are a misunderstood group with a misunderstood agenda but then goes on to immediately say: "The historic Luddites were skilled craft workers laboring in England in the early 19th century, and they were amongst the first groups to see their jobs and lifestyles fall victim to mechanization; their opposition to 'obnoxious' machinery was in keeping with their view that the imposition of these machines would bring 'a sad end to an honourable craft.'" ...which is exactly why myself and others generally ignore ludditism. To me this seems perfectly in line with the general understanding of the term: people that are being displaced by progress and become generally opposed to said progress as a result, often violently so. I'm sorry if new technologies are hurting your lifestyle, but if the only way to become heard is to literally destroy that tech, then perhaps no one wants to listen. Adapt or die. This is the way of evolution.