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Challenging Social Arrangements in Technology Use
The Luddites were not technophobic, but skilled workers who opposed using machines to exploit and harm others. They protested the manipulation of technology to benefit oppressive social arrangements like child labor and exploitation of war orphans for profit. Instead of fearing technology, they opposed the misuse of machines to perpetuate injustices and challenged the social dynamics behind technological advancements.