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Lace and Labor: Lessons from the Actual Luddites
A new essay examines the original Luddites, the early nineteenth-century English textile workers who smashed machinery in protest at automation, and asks what their story teaches about labor and technology today. It traces the lace and hosiery trades where skilled artisans lost livelihoods to mechanization, arguing the Luddites were not anti-technology but fighting for fair terms amid economic upheaval.
Why now: Debates over automation and AI displacing workers have renewed interest in the historical Luddite movement.
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