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  1. Anyone who advocates the revival of the anti-technology beliefs or practices of the w:Luddites, Luddites, sometimes used pejoratively.
    • 1970, Robert Theobald, The Economics of Abundance: A Non-inflationary Future, page 130
    • : One is a revolt, aiming to destroy machines and machine systems ....
    • 1995, Kirkpatrick Sale, Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution, page 254
    • : Last along the spectrum comes a diverse set of social critics, activists and intellectuals for the most part, who accept the label without demur and are consciously working to adapt certain of the Luddite fundamentals to contemporary politics.
    • 2003, Christina Garsten and Helena Wulff, New Technologies at Work: People, Screens and Social Virtuality, page 172
    • : One such collection of thoughts is the spectrum. Not yet an organized movement, the approach contains multitudes of ....
    • 2004, Peyton Paxson, Media Literacy: Thinking Critically about the Internet, page 17
    • : However, as the original Luddites did, a small number of people within the movement have resorted to criminal activity.
    • 1985, Greg Bear, "Blood Music", in The Collected Stories of Greg Bear (2004), page 32
    • : "Neo-Luddite," I said to myself. A filthy accusation.
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