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Luddites, Miguel Amorós

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“Technology is an instrument and a weapon because it benefits those who know best how to use it and how to be used by it. The bourgeoisie have used machines and the ‘scientific’ organisation of work against the proletariat. No revolt against domination can really represent the general interest unless it turns itself into a rebellion against technology, a Luddite revolt”.

Miguel Amorós, Where Are We Now? (See Acorn 16)

[Read about Miguel Amorós on the orgrad website]

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