I agree with the rest of your comment, but the Luddites weren’t some crazed group of nihilists, but workers disgusted that the move to automated weaving resulted in harder and more dangerous work, with fewer people employed, in jobs that paid less and demanded longer hours.

They didn’t randomly break all machines, but targeted specific factories for tactical reasons.

Many people see the Luddites as an early precursor to modern unions.

I used to be all for disruption, but every time it ended up being this:

• A lot of regular people lost their steady jobs
• They were replaced by a smaller number gig workers with no benefits
• These gig workers assumed the risks that the company had previously absorbed
• A tiny number of technologists got staggeringly rich
• More consumer goods, more waste, more CO2, more pollution

No one wins except the forces of chaos.