The phrase ludite, which today means anti technology comes from the textile world. The weavers in leon all ran monsieur jicard out of town because they were afraid for their livelihoods. But there is in the history of textiles a constant ebb and flow of fortunes. And people's occupationsevan flow. And value. Parts of the world are more or less successful all it. Thinking about text styles is a great way to sort of think about global history.