The Luddites weren’t anti-technology—they opposed machines that destroyed their livelihoods and benefited factory owners at workers’ expense. Their resistance was a critique of the social and economic chaos caused by the Industrial Revolution. Over time, “Luddite” became an insult due to capitalist propaganda, dismissing their valid concerns about inequality and exploitation. Seen in context, they were early critics of unchecked capitalism and harmful technological change—issues still relevant today.
Technically correct but language and meaning change over time based on how we use it. Doing something “on accident” is grammatically incorrect, bimbo is a masculine term (bimbette is the feminine and himbo shouldn’t exist) and literally isn’t a synonym of figuratively, except when it is. Now luddite means techno-smuggle whether we like it or not.
