No, it's not a battle between workers and technology. It is, as ever, a battle between workers and bosses. The technology is only a problem because the bosses own it.
Go forth, and preach this gospel!
Came here to say the same thing. Pointing towards the latest shiny thing as the reason for why workers are getting a shitty deal is an old trick, and we should all stop falling for it.
It even gets historicized according to that old trick. Luddite is now used to mean reactionary against new technology, but the original Luddites were just against how the bosses were using new machines to disenfranchise and impoverish them.
No, it's not a battle between workers and technology. It is, as ever, a battle between workers and bosses. The technology is only a problem because the bosses own it.
Go forth, and preach this gospel!
Came here to say the same thing. Pointing towards the latest shiny thing as the reason for why workers are getting a shitty deal is an old trick, and we should all stop falling for it.
It even gets historicized according to that old trick. Luddite is now used to mean reactionary against new technology, but the original Luddites were just against how the bosses were using new machines to disenfranchise and impoverish them.