Luddite. December 20
This article talks about: In the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, new textile machinery began to be widely used. These machines could be operated by workers with fewer or lower skills, thus replacing or weakening the position of traditional skilled workers. Simultaneously, Britain was experiencing the Napoleonic Wars, and economic hardship exacerbated working-class discontent. In this context, workers believed that factory owners were using new machines to replace skilled labor "in a fraudulent and deceptive manner," suppress wages, and produce inferior goods.