ラッダイト運動に関する2冊の書籍『The Luddites』と『Breaking things at Work』『Blood in the Machine』の読書ノート。ラッダイト運動は織物工という特定職種による極めてローカルな抵抗運動であり、具体的な要求を持ち、ほぼ完全な階級的連帯を見せたが、最終的には国家によって徹底的に鎮圧された。著者は現代のAI・自動化への抗議運動とラッダイト運動の類似点と相違点を分析し、ラッダイト運動が「労働者階級」を形成したことや、後年の労働改革の基盤となったことを指摘する一方、抗議運動として最終的には敗北したと結論づけている。
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