Luddites were campaigning against child labour and dangerous working conditions, amongst other things. Pick which side of history you want to be on!

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tavavex 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> child labour and dangerous working conditions

I don't think these ideas are as toxic to the current political climate as you think they are. We're probably just a few short years away from the current generation of right-wing populists integrating ideas like "children are useless eaters that are your property to command, make them give back from all that you gave to them" and "work safety and environmental regulations are an emasculating evil, real men want to breathe poison and take risks" right into the core of their platforms.

	▲	cliglot 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> We're probably just a few short years away from the current generation of right-wing populists Right wing populists are nearly as useless as left wing populists now. The people they put into power and now betraying them for monied interests and they’re powerless to stop them. Fools thought they were the harbinger but in reality they were just the vessel. It’s why major populist characters like MTG and Massie are giving up and getting slaughtered by puppets in a suits in primaries. It’s why Trump has been friendlier to the neocons that spent years insulting him than populists that helped propel him to power. The real ghouls on the right that need to be stopped are the neo-reactionaries. I knew we were headed for strange times when the Silicon Valley elites simultaneously opened their pockets for the second term. It was purely a power play and it’s seemingly been effective. I suspect the populists, right and left will care no more for the world they envision than they would for the status-quo even.