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Omaha Steve

(99,628 posts) Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:40 PM Mar 2016

3-11-16 Are you a Luddite? in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/march-11-2016-are-you-a-luddite/

March 11, 2016
At some point in your life you may have had someone call you a “luddite.’ Maybe you had a hard time programming your DVR, or working the latest app on your smart phone. But at some point technology gets the best of us all. But did you know the term luddite has its roots in labor history?

2:00 minute audio at link.

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3-11-16 Are you a Luddite? in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Mar 2016 OP

the English weavers wondered why they should starve so their masters could starve the Bengali ones MisterP Mar 2016 #1

Not what Indian History books teach Albertoo Mar 2016 #2

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

1. the English weavers wondered why they should starve so their masters could starve the Bengali ones

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Tue Mar 15, 2016, 11:13 PM

Mar 2016

Albertoo

(2,016 posts)

2. Not what Indian History books teach

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Tue Mar 15, 2016, 11:17 PM

Mar 2016

Indians blame the demise of their industry under the Raj on the fact the Brits moved all industry to the British Isles, leaving only the export of raw materials to the colonies.
The Luddite movement was definitely not about the weavers jobs being exported, but reduced in number and de-qualified by machines.

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