>They tried to halt progress because they thought progress was taking their jobs and making their lives worse. They didn't just "thought it". The experienced i

>They tried to halt progress because they thought progress was taking their jobs and making their lives worse. They didn't just "thought it". The experienced it objectively. They were out of a job. >And if we gave in to that sort of extremely short-sighted and regressive view then we'd be no better off today than we were 200 years ago. It depends. The unemployed guy fired because of automation would be better off.