PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoMy inner luddite coming outlemmy.worldimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down16
arrow-up1115arrow-down1imageMy inner luddite coming outlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·6 days agoLud wasn’t against tech he was rather against how capital owners would use it to fuck over the working class.
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 days agoAlthough that is true, words take on their own meaning over time. Likewise, King Nimrod was not an idiot.
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoOK learning that there was a king Nimrod now… Gonna obsessively do some reading now, thanks!
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoBugs Bunny was being sarcastic when comparing Elmer Fudd to him (because in the mythology, Nimrod was actually good at hunting).
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·6 days agoCorrect, they opposed technology that would remove workers and make their input less valuable.
Lud wasn’t against tech he was rather against how capital owners would use it to fuck over the working class.
Although that is true, words take on their own meaning over time. Likewise, King Nimrod was not an idiot.
OK learning that there was a king Nimrod now… Gonna obsessively do some reading now, thanks!
Bugs Bunny was being sarcastic when comparing Elmer Fudd to him (because in the mythology, Nimrod was actually good at hunting).
Correct, they opposed technology that would remove workers and make their input less valuable.