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There's a lot of nonsense there, like: "They were skeptical that the shitty cloth that the power loom produced would be a net benefit to society because it mea
by int_19h 1y ago
There's a lot of nonsense there, like:
"They were skeptical that the shitty cloth that the power loom produced would be a net benefit to society because it meant that customers would inevitably have to buy their clothes over and over again, turning a one-time purchase into a subscription."
This is such an obvious attempt to reframe history to fit the modern discourse. What Luddites cared about was their own jobs, not "net benefit to society".