I guess I get to be the one who brings this up this time. The luddites were not strictly against the technological changes, they were a labor movement protesting how capital owners were using a new technology to dispossess workers who had no viable alternatives.

As this is also one of the major risks of AI, one that has already come to bear directly, there's a lot we can take from their movement when we don't dismiss it as shorthand for "being wrong about technology."

Thank you!

There is strong correlation between suppression of labor organization and strict enforcement of the draconian legislation of the time (labor organizers could be sentenced to death) and 'Luddite' activity.

It was a last resort sort of action against oppressive laws and overzealous enforcement, not some ignorant response to technological progress.