Where are the Luddites?

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In The Battle against the Luddites Paul Dawson does a masterful job of walking through the economic impact of the first industrial revolution on communities across the UK, showing how well paid jobs were replaced by precarious factory ones. The artisanal manufacturing of clothing gradually replaced over fifteen years, a societal down skilling that transferred wealth from the lower and middle classes into the hands of an elite few. From 1780 to…