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Kenya's tea pickers are destroying the machines replacing them (www.semafor.com)

submitted 1 year ago by EsotericEmbryo@lemmy.world to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Blackbart42@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The luddites! They smashed weaving looms in England.

[–] itchy_lizard@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only England? I thought it was global

[–] Blackbart42@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] plactagonic@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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