I rather see that as a point in favor of the Luddite Fallacy not a counterargument. The US horse population has crashed from 21 million in 1900 to 3 million in

I rather see that as a point in favor of the Luddite Fallacy not a counterargument. The US horse population has crashed from 21 million in 1900 to 3 million in 1960.(PDF warning) (http://www.americanequestrian.com/pdf/US-Equine-Demographics.pdf http://www.americanequestrian.com/pdf/US-Equine-Demographics...) If the human population fell to 15% of its current level because of unemployment, it would probably be pretty unpleasnt for a while.