Explain Why The Luddites Were British Textile Workers And Weavers
The Luddites were British textile workers and weavers who boycotted the growing use of automated knitting frames and looms. The reason being, most of them were trained craftspeople who had spent years learning their profession. They feared that untrained machine operators were robbing them of their subsistence. When their appeals for government aid were ignored, a few hopeless weavers began breaking into factories and destroying textile machines. I believe that Owen would have sympathized with the Luddites, due to his close relation and care for the well-being of his own workers. He did not want the Luddites to keep rebelling against the advances of automation, because there was no way they would win in that situation. From that point on, technology