People only think of the Luddites as stubborn and trying to hold back "progress" and not as the entire class of people whose life's work, passion, personal iden

People only think of the Luddites as stubborn and trying to hold back "progress" and not as the entire class of people whose life's work, passion, personal identity, and means of supporting themselves, was stripped away with no replacement. If you spent decades polishing your skills, took pride in your work and being a known expert and someone others could rely on, and made a comfortable living for yourself and your family doing it, it was would be horrible and devastating to watch it all slip through your fingers like sand. They weren't even given the comfort of still having a good income and comfortable life. The money they would have made for their hard earned work and skills was siphoned off by distant people in suits and jewelery who never had to put in a drop of sweat. They instead received such mockery that their name itself is now a derogatory term.