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Luddite movement offers historical parallel for cooperative automation ownership

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The Luddite movement is presented as an example of how automation could have benefited workers if they had collectively owned the new technology, rather than it being controlled by a single wealthy individual. This cooperative ownership would have allowed workers to share in the gains from increased efficiency. The author suggests this alternative path was possible and should have been pursued. AI

IMPACT Historical context suggests potential for worker cooperatives to benefit from AI-driven automation.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing a historical movement as an analogy for modern technological change.

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Luddite movement offers historical parallel for cooperative automation ownership

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ jwcph @ Huntn00 In the Luddite example, Automation of looms, but the workers could have owned the new loom cooperatively, instead of one rich guy. Then, ownin

    @ jwcph @ Huntn00 In the Luddite example, Automation of looms, but the workers could have owned the new loom cooperatively, instead of one rich guy. Then, owning the means of production, would have entitled them to a reasonable share of the efficiency gained from the new automate…

    LINKS helvede.net/@jwcph mastodon.world/@Huntn00

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