It is humorous that you bring up Luddites, as they were one of the first 19th century movements (among many) that sought to fight the mechanization and industri

It is humorous that you bring up Luddites, as they were one of the first 19th century movements (among many) that sought to fight the mechanization and industrialization of their labor, and were repressed by military might because god forbid someone sabotage a machine. Many "innovations" were bought at the beginning not for real use, but in order to threaten the working class with this new tool, so that they do not ask for more job stability, higher wages, or reduced working hours (e.g. grain harvesters, industrial looms, etc). And the new technology when used often resulted in a net negative in terms of life expectancy, environmental pollution, danger or physical load, which was then disregarded as a necessary sacrifice that the poor need to make in the inexorable march of progress.