>It was possible to reform the mechanized labor system into something better. Too bad it didn't happen for many decades and only then against strong (and often

>It was possible to reform the mechanized labor system into something better. Too bad it didn't happen for many decades and only then against strong (and often violent) resistance from the employers themselves. I'm not denying the benefits of mechanization in general across the centuries. I'm denying that the Luddites and the working classes at the time saw any benefit from it.