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The Luddites were people who marched over moors in search of machines that were stealing work from men and women. They would swoop down in midnight raids on workshops and mini-factories. They'd smash and totally destroy the machines they said took work away from people. They didn't smash the machines that made work easier. They didn't smash the machines that improved the product, making it stronger or better or more beautiful. They smashed the machines whose role it was to make people redundant.
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The Luddites or Ludds were a group of people who were against machines. Some preferred the cottage industry where everything was made by hand in people’s houses. They protested by breaking machines and attacking and threatening factories.
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In one positive sign, few Luddites sought major statewide offices in 2002. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine how a campaign could prevail in a state of 21 million people if it raised less than $20,000 and failed to make extensive use of computers.3
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The Luddites actions are so reckless and irresponsible. Why do they think that destroying the machines will get their jobs back? These people cannot just go around destroying machines and property that does not belong to them. There are other ways to protest and get what you want. Destroying the factory only makes the factory owners mad. Do they think they will hire people who destroyed their equipment?
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