SYMHC Classics: The Luddites

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This classic revisits the Luddite uprising -- protests in northern England, in which workers smashed machines in mills and factories. This wasn't the first organized violence against mechanization, but Luddites became iconic machine-breakers.

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0:33.6	On March 11, 1811, authorities broke up a demonstration of workers
0:38.3	who were rallying for better wages and workplace conditions.
0:42.1	That night, the demonstrator smashed knitting machines at a nearby factory.
0:46.6	It's recognized as the first Luddite protest,
0:49.3	so this seemed like a good time to reshare our 2013 episode on the subject,
0:54.1	which is also an old favorite.
0:56.4	It's enough of a favorite that I made a tag on our website called
0:59.5	Smashing Things to Include It.
1:02.6	At the end of this episode, which originally came out in 2013, as we said,
1:06.9	we talk about how many employees Instagram has.
1:10.6	Instagram has, of course, been acquired by Facebook since that time.
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