English Rebel Songs 1381-1984

..." to mean someone who hates progress. In fact the original Luddites were opposed to a progress which put them out of work, left them starving, and condemned their families to misery and hunger. Luddism was a fight against unemployment; and a fight against greedy bosses discarding workers in order to accumulate vast wealth, in much the same manner as modern media magnate Rupert Murdoch. When new ...

I finally joined Netflix.  Not that that's remarkable in and of itself, but I've typically been a late adopter in new consumer technology.  It's not so much Luddism as indifference.  I was probably the last of my friends to get a cell phone, and still don't get what the big deal about HDTV is.  You can see freckles and just how much makeup TV announces wear.  Great.  This is worth thousands of ...