The word Luddism refers to a popular movement emerged in England in the early nineteenth century, led by artisans who protested against the growing use of machines in the productive process – especially threshers and looms -, they considered that their use destroyed the employment and deteriorated the working conditions. In particular, the term “Luddite” comes from the name of Ned Ludd, a young English worker (whose name was possibly a pseudonym) who broke two mechanical weavers in 1779, decades before the Luddite movement.
