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miltonlostyesterday at 6:39 PM3 repliesview on HN

Famously against looms, yes. That's how we got the term Luddite, that rapacious capitalists redefined to be a negative.


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ua709yesterday at 6:42 PM

I was going to cite that too but it's not exactly industry pushback, it's labor pushback.

EV on the other hand does have some obvious industrial adversaries.

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orangecatyesterday at 6:59 PM

Trying to prevent goods and services from being produced more efficiently is bad actually.

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IncreasePostsyesterday at 6:51 PM

Personally, I enjoy not spending 15% of my salary on clothing and textiles.

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