• slacktoid@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    Lud wasn’t against tech he was rather against how capital owners would use it to fuck over the working class.

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      16 hours ago

      Although that is true, words take on their own meaning over time. Likewise, King Nimrod was not an idiot.

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        15 hours ago

        OK learning that there was a king Nimrod now… Gonna obsessively do some reading now, thanks!

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        15 hours ago

        Bugs Bunny was being sarcastic when comparing Elmer Fudd to him (because in the mythology, Nimrod was actually good at hunting).

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      17 hours ago

      Correct, they opposed technology that would remove workers and make their input less valuable.