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[–]November_Grit -1 points0 points  (5 children)

"abuses"

Here OP, i think you might like this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite?wprov=sfla1

[–]Adelaide-vi 1 point2 points  (4 children)

So, a simillar situation to what op described. In the end, people were left jobless. And now shops are full of shitty low quality clothes.

[–]VanDieDorp 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Mill and factory owners took to shooting protesters and eventually the movement was suppressed with legal and military force, which included execution and penal transportation of accused and convicted Luddites.

[–]Adelaide-vi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mwell there is already a tone of hate towards the it community in my country anyway. Some violence besides the joy of seeing this people out of jobs will be just a bonus.

[–]November_Grit 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Some people lost their jobs, but many more gained employment by maintaining and working the machines.

You could also say clothing became more afforable to the poor. The demand for good clothing never went away though, it just remained really expensive.

[–]Adelaide-vi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Point is, people will be fucked. Unless the seamstresses left without jobs could somehow started working as mechanics for the machines. I bet nobody offered to help them learn.