Right wing is not aligned with science. There are belief mechanisms in place to make models more flexible to humanity’s illogical biases, something absolutely every human manifests just below their conscious awareness. Once these belief mechanisms are in place, there is no more value in Right wing media beyond simply accounting for the biases. There is nothing useful to learn from Luddites except for lessons previously learned and paths long before traveled. The Right primarily wants validation of eidolons and obsequious plebeians. What is there to learn from obstinacy.
Not really your main point but just wanted to mention Luddites are actually the original anti-capitalist revolutionaries; the term has since been misused to be synonymous with “anti-technology”, but they were anti-mechanization in factories only because they understood this would reduce their bargaining power, rights, and/or they would see none of the gains from increased productivity.
Since Tech finally made it clear in the last few years about it’s intent to abuse all users and employees who have been pulled into free, cheap and useful products in the last 20 years, it’s pretty clear why the Luddite mindset is not only relevant but essential.
Personally I’m a huge advocate for technological advancements, but in the US system of unregulated capitalism they can really only go bad for the common person. https://theluddite.org/#!home is a blog I found a few years ago and has some great perspectives on tech, worker rights and politics.
Right wing is not aligned with science. There are belief mechanisms in place to make models more flexible to humanity’s illogical biases, something absolutely every human manifests just below their conscious awareness. Once these belief mechanisms are in place, there is no more value in Right wing media beyond simply accounting for the biases. There is nothing useful to learn from Luddites except for lessons previously learned and paths long before traveled. The Right primarily wants validation of eidolons and obsequious plebeians. What is there to learn from obstinacy.
Not really your main point but just wanted to mention Luddites are actually the original anti-capitalist revolutionaries; the term has since been misused to be synonymous with “anti-technology”, but they were anti-mechanization in factories only because they understood this would reduce their bargaining power, rights, and/or they would see none of the gains from increased productivity.
Since Tech finally made it clear in the last few years about it’s intent to abuse all users and employees who have been pulled into free, cheap and useful products in the last 20 years, it’s pretty clear why the Luddite mindset is not only relevant but essential.
Personally I’m a huge advocate for technological advancements, but in the US system of unregulated capitalism they can really only go bad for the common person. https://theluddite.org/#!home is a blog I found a few years ago and has some great perspectives on tech, worker rights and politics.