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Who, exactly, were the Luddites?

Ridiculous History

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The Textile Industry in the United Kingdom

Ludites were people who worked in the textile industry. They had to have a special set of skills, like leomneson style,. Therefore, they commanded a significant amount of control over their work life. There was something that we have completely come to take for granted, or take for not granted, because we don't have it is a work life balance. It's kind of like those same way people say you're a philistine. And i think one group that's particularly interesting to us to day would be the croppers. This started to become a problem in the first ten years of the 18th century when there was a war with indoleon.

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