The luddites were OG rent-seekers, skilled workers who sought to keep their products costly through the time-honored political tradition of smashing other people's stuff Keep that in mind when someone lionizes luddites and rails against cheap + widespread data/informationhttps://twitter.com/rivatez/status/1174686638431227904 …
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Me neither, and I’m naturally of your point of view on this. I can also see them as individuals in an moment of immense distress. Whether I would be so sympathetic if it weren’t so close to home is an entirely different matter...
It's a rare person who is doing well *and* wants to endure the sort of game-breaking competition that will most likely cause them to do less well, even if it's clearly better for lower-skill workers and everyone who needs basic goods. But *those guys* are the heroes.
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Well, I certainly don’t think they should be considered heroes. This situation is similar to the dawn of agriculture - a huge leap forward, but one also marked by a decline in living standards for those tilling the soil (see statistics on height for example).
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While you could argue it’s almost inevitable that the leaders of the movement were not least well-off (least-skilled etc), the move from the putting-out system to industrial production mostly affected people living a subsistence lifestyle to begin with All the best - to work...
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