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The Luddites weren’t against all machines. They were against the kinds of machines that were taking away their livelihood.

The Luddites weren’t against all machines, were they? No, the Luddites weren’t against all machines. They were against the kinds of machines that were taking away their livelihood.

The Luddites were highly paid skilled workers that were being replaced by new machinery.

The Luddites were low paid low skilled workers, weren’t they? No, they weren’t low paid low skilled workers. They were highly paid skilled workers. They were being replaced by low paid workers, weren’t they? No, they weren’t being replaced by low paid workers. They were being replaced by machines.

This was the early 1800s, and cloth manufacturing was big business.

Cloth manufacturing was big business, wasn’t it? Yes, cloth manufacturing was big business. This was in the late 1800s, wasn’t it? No, this wasn’t in the late 1800s. This was in the early 1800s.

The expensive cloth England produced was sold all over the world and also provided lots of people with jobs.

This was cheap cloth, wasn’t it? No, this wasn’t cheap cloth. It was expensive cloth. It was produced by England, wasn’t it? Yes, it was produced by England. And it was sold all over the world wasn’t it? Yes, it was sold all over the world. It provided lots of people with jobs, didn’t it? Yes, it provided lots of people with jobs.

There were women who spun the raw wool into yarn.

There were women who spun the yarn into wool, weren’t there? No, there weren’t women who spun the yarn into wool. There were women who spun the wool into yarn.

There were men who would weave the yarn into cloth.

There were men who would weave the cloth into yarn, weren’t there? No, there weren’t men who would weave the cloth into yarn. There were men who would weave the yarn into cloth.

And there were other people called croppers who used giant 50-pound scissors to cut the fabric.

The croppers used tiny 50-gram scissors to cut the fabric, didn’t they? No, the croppers didn’t use tiny 50-gram scissors to cut the fabric. They used giant 50-pound scissors to cut the fabric.

All of these jobs were highly paid, and the factory owners like business owners everywhere wanted to cut costs.

These jobs were highly paid, weren’t they? Yes, these jobs were highly paid. The factory owners wanted to cut costs, didn’t they? Yes, the factory owners wanted to cut costs.

Soon there were machines that could do the spinning and the weaving and the cutting. And they could do it faster, cheaper, and better.

There were people who could do the jobs faster, cheaper and better, weren’t there? No, there weren’t people who could do the jobs faster, cheaper and better. There were machines that could do the jobs faster, cheaper and better.