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luddite

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One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.

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Luddite acts 1811–1813 The Luddites met at night on the moors surrounding industrial towns, where they would practise drills and manoeuvres. Source: Internet

As a Luddite (Who, I think, must also be among the descendants of Ham? Source: Internet

Stratten has a decidedly common-sense approach to marketing in the age of social media; he isn’t an advocate of jumping to the newest platform simply because it’s new, but he isn’t a Luddite. Source: Internet

Is he progressive at all, or simply a misfit in the Luddite GOP? Source: Internet

Mild-mannered, never polemical, with nothing of the Luddite about him, Carr makes his points with a lot of apt citations and wide-ranging erudition.” Source: Internet

Before I go on, let me say that I am not some kind of graying media Luddite, here to wag my finger nostalgically. Source: Internet

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