PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMy inner luddite coming outlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down17
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minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 month agoLud wasn’t against tech he was rather against how capital owners would use it to fuck over the working class.
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoAlthough that is true, words take on their own meaning over time. Likewise, King Nimrod was not an idiot.
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoOK learning that there was a king Nimrod now… Gonna obsessively do some reading now, thanks!
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoBugs Bunny was being sarcastic when comparing Elmer Fudd to him (because in the mythology, Nimrod was actually good at hunting).
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month agoCorrect, they opposed technology that would remove workers and make their input less valuable.
Lud wasn’t against tech he was rather against how capital owners would use it to fuck over the working class.
Although that is true, words take on their own meaning over time. Likewise, King Nimrod was not an idiot.
OK learning that there was a king Nimrod now… Gonna obsessively do some reading now, thanks!
Bugs Bunny was being sarcastic when comparing Elmer Fudd to him (because in the mythology, Nimrod was actually good at hunting).
Correct, they opposed technology that would remove workers and make their input less valuable.