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And by doing Luddism, they not only won important protections, but they illuminated this struggle in a way.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2023

Here’s Ben Tarnoff with a provocative piece in The Logic calling for a revival of Luddism to counter oppressive technology of the sort Clearview manufactures.

From The Verge • Jan. 22, 2020

A 21st-century Luddism should embrace this principle but go further.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2019

Others in Silicon Valley, most notably the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, have dismissed this concern as Luddism, assuring people that new jobs always replace the ones that vanish.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2016

Luddism, fanatical opposition to the introduction of machinery as it originally manifested itself among the hand-loom weavers of the Midlands.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin