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Line 1: − + − "Luddism" is a term that is often used in a derogatory manner to describe people who object in principle to certain advances in technology, or to individuals who either struggle unsuccessfully to use a given technology or just like to complain about it. The original Luddites were textile artisans whose livelihood became threatened by the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in England. Luddism inspired some full-blown protests that sometimes resulted in sabotage to automated factories as well as the need for new laws to be written. Sometimes the term "Neo-Luddite" is used to refer to more contemporary opponents of technology. Luddites both past and present have tended to be selective insofar as they have gladly adopted some technologies whle objecting to others. + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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'''Luddism''' and '''Luddite''' are terms that are often used in a derogatory [[manner]] to denote people who object in principle to certain advances in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology technology], or to describe [[individual]]s who either struggle unsuccessfully to use a particular technology or just like to complain about said technology.
The [[original]] Luddites were textile artisans whose livelihood became threatened by the dawn of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Industrial Revolution] in England. At that time Luddism [[inspired]] some protests that resulted in sabotage to [[automated]] factories as well as the need for new [[law]]s to be written to protect emerging industry. Sometimes the term "neo-Luddite" is used to refer to more contemporary opponents of technology.
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Luddites both past and present have tended to be selective insofar as they can be shown to have gladly adopted some technologies while objecting to others.The objections to technology raised by Luddites fall into various categories. Some examples are:
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*'''Artistic objections''' ([[individual]] [[creativity]] replaced by assembly lines)
*'''Economic objections''' (unemployment rises along with the use of [[automated]] [[machine]]ry)
*'''Political objections''' (technologies of [[government]]al control lead to oppression)
*'''Spiritual objections *''' (technologies contribute to dehumanization and [[alienation]])
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The French Huguenot theologian/philosopher [https://www.regent.edu/acad/schcom/rojc/mdic/ellul.html Jacques Ellul] was a [[Christian]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist anarchist] who put forth perhaps the best known and most influential [[spiritual]] [[argument]]s against what he called "[[technique]]," a [[word]] that refers not so much to machinery as to the various [[system]]s and efficiencies to which modern [[human]]s are routinely subjected.
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