> workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay and output quality... Luddites were not opposed to the use of machines per se (many were skilled operators in the textile industry); they attacked manufacturers who were trying to circumvent standard labor practices of the time.
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> workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay and output quality... Luddites were not opposed to the use of machines per se (many were skilled operators in the textile industry); they attacked manufacturers who were trying to circumvent standard labor practices of the time.