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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ahh s**t here we go again!

Seriously this happened in industrial revolution pretty often 200 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The luddites! They smashed weaving looms in England.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only England? I thought it was global

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

The luddites specifically were a group in England but the sentiment was the same in parts of the us and Europe with other movements.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unfortunately this still happens new technology, scientific research. Look into "golden rice" fields were destroyed because some disinformation about GMO.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

The French threw their clogs in the machinery, clogs are called 'sabots', hence sabotage.

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