Re:Binance ‘pauses’ Bitcoin withdrawals amid market collapse
by arcticbull on Monday June 13, 2022 @12:48PM
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> For years, I pointed this out to those around me, who thought I was some kind of Luddite.
Fun fact, the Luddites weren't actually anti-technology - many of them were skilled machine operators. They were protesting for better working conditions, higher pay and apprenticeship programs. [1]
[edit] Of note: the machines they were attacking were not new, and smashing industrial machines in protest was not a concept that began or ended with them. They were some of the more prolific victims of anti-organized-labor smear campaigns.
Fun fact, the Luddites weren't actually anti-technology - many of them were skilled machine operators. They were protesting for better working conditions, higher pay and apprenticeship programs. [1]
[edit] Of note: the machines they were attacking were not new, and smashing industrial machines in protest was not a concept that began or ended with them. They were some of the more prolific victims of anti-organized-labor smear campaigns.
[1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-rea...