Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoWe are currently witnessing the rise of a new 'Digital Amish' i.e people who refuse to interact with any form of technology made after 2021.message-squaremessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down122
arrow-up1297arrow-down1message-squareWe are currently witnessing the rise of a new 'Digital Amish' i.e people who refuse to interact with any form of technology made after 2021.Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squarearthurpizza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·13 hours agoThe Luddites got a bad rap. They weren’t anti-technology. They just knew that the technology was being used to push their wages down and make their hours longer. Ned Ludd knew that smashing the machines was sometimes the best option!
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 hours agoYeah, after I learned about his movement, I stopped using the term as a pejorative. They were’ pretty based. A lot of the machinery was also dangerous AF.
The Luddites got a bad rap. They weren’t anti-technology. They just knew that the technology was being used to push their wages down and make their hours longer.
Ned Ludd knew that smashing the machines was sometimes the best option!
Yeah, after I learned about his movement, I stopped using the term as a pejorative. They were’ pretty based.
A lot of the machinery was also dangerous AF.