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Luddites

Luddites is the rebellious craft workers in 19th-century England who destroyed new factory machinery as part of their resistance to the industrial revolution.

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Luddite is a person who is against increased industrialization or new technology. The term, often used derogatorily, originally referred to British textile artisans (1811–16) who rioted and destroyed textile machinery in the belief that this new technology was contributing to their replacement by less skilled low-wage workers..

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