>Luddites complained about the automated loom as well, saying the cost to society was too great despite its benefits They actually didn't. They just broke them

>Luddites complained about the automated loom as well, saying the cost to society was too great despite its benefits They actually didn't. They just broke them because they (rightly) saw that as an effective means of raising the price of their artisanship. The luddites are more akin to the Paris Uber strikers - who also weren't anti technology.