Hey now, the Luddites were not anti technology! They were highly skilled laborers who wanted to combine their expertise with the autoloom to increase overall th

Hey now, the Luddites were not anti technology! They were highly skilled laborers who wanted to combine their expertise with the autoloom to increase overall throughput and split those gains with the factory owners. The factory owners said, "lol, nah" and fired them all to hire cheaper labor to run the autolooms so they could keep the increase in profitability to themselves. The Luddites were rightfully pissed and wrecked shit. The factory owners, had they been less greedy, could have kept the Luddites on board.