▲ 459 ▼ I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned. | Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by zloubida@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 194 comments fedilink hide all child comments It's under a paywall for some, so here's the archived version.
[–] corvalanlara@eviltoast.org 19 points 11 months ago (1 child) Neoluddites 💅 permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 months ago Heres everyone’s daily reminder that the luddites were not anti-technology. They were the high-skilled tech workers of their time! They were concerned with the power and wealth concentration that came with industrialists that used automation and abused low skilled labour to make obscene profits. They even proposed plans to phase in the new tech in a humane way before turning to the (ultimately failure of a) strategy to target and destroy specific machines. Groups like the EFF and tech labour unions have more of a connection with the luddites than people who get together the bust their own iphones. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 months ago Heres everyone’s daily reminder that the luddites were not anti-technology. They were the high-skilled tech workers of their time! They were concerned with the power and wealth concentration that came with industrialists that used automation and abused low skilled labour to make obscene profits. They even proposed plans to phase in the new tech in a humane way before turning to the (ultimately failure of a) strategy to target and destroy specific machines. Groups like the EFF and tech labour unions have more of a connection with the luddites than people who get together the bust their own iphones. permalink fedilink source parent