Meaning of Luddite | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Luddite.
   alt-of
2. Any of a group of early-19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery because it would harm their livelihood.
   historical
3. Someone who opposes technological change.
   broadly, derogatory, often
4. One who lives among nature, forsaking technology.
   broadly, informal

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Examples

“For instance, the Luddites, so maligned as technology-fearing machine breakers, were a highly sophisticated insurrectionary movement, composed of small, well-disciplined groups who used disguises and watchwords, raised funds and gathered arms, terrorized their opponents, and carried out well-planned, targeted attacks. (And, while it is true the Luddite movement ultimately failed, it was only after Parliament had mobilized twelve thousand troops to put it down – more troops than had fought in the Peninsular War.)”

“[Benjamin Friedman] added, "How long does it take the Luddites to be wrong — a few years, a decade, a couple of decades?" Perhaps just as important, what happens to the workers who happen to be living during a time when the Luddite argument has some truth to it?”

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