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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 [http://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.   

'''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 [http://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.   

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:  

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:  

*'''Spiritual objections *''' (technologies contribute to dehumanization and [[alienation]])

*'''Spiritual objections *''' (technologies contribute to dehumanization and [[alienation]])

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The French Huguenot theologian/philosopher [http://www.regent.edu/acad/schcom/rojc/mdic/ellul.html Jacques Ellul] was a [[Christian]] [http://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.

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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