Would Luddites find the gig economy familiar?
Luddites were hardly the anti-tech dullards historians have painted them to be.
Would Luddites find the gig economy familiar?
Luddites were hardly the anti-tech dullards historians have painted them to be.
@arstechnica@mastodon.social This is key: “House of Lords made it a capital crime in 1812.” This was not the inevitable march of progress. The government made protest punishable by death. This is the government picking winners and losers, and as usual, it’s the already wealthy that are picked as the winners