• CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    You can be both, and a lot of us are. A Luddite wouldn’t be opposed to the automation of jobs in a socialist society, nobody is being exploited in that case.

    We question and oppose the tech right now because that isn’t the society we live in. It isn’t really about the tech at all, it’s about who controls it and how they’re using it.

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      1 year ago

      Luddites do not offer solutions: Socialists do.

      Don’t waste effort opposing tech when you could spend effort promoting socialism: You won’t oppose tech anymore than the Luddites did (IE with limited initial success followed by absolute annihilation)

      Socialists have actually been successful, unlike Luddites.