• plactagonic@beehaw.org
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    Ahh s**t here we go again!

    Seriously this happened in industrial revolution pretty often 200 years ago.

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      The French threw their clogs in the machinery, clogs are called ‘sabots’, hence sabotage.

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        Unfortunately this still happens new technology, scientific research. Look into “golden rice” fields were destroyed because some disinformation about GMO.

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          But this is very different. It’s a company from a rich country replacing workers from a poor country with machines. No benefits for the people.

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            These machine might require repair from time to time, so a mechanic will be required. Maybe also a driver, etc.

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              Yes, but I don’t imagine Kenyan education to be up to par to provide that workforce, so they will most likely be foreigners.

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          The luddites specifically were a group in England but the sentiment was the same in parts of the us and Europe with other movements.