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149. despite their modern reputation, the original luddites were neither opposed to technology norinept at using it. many were highly skilled machine operators in the textile industry. the luddite disturbances started in circumstances at least superficially similar to our own. british working families at the start of the 19th century were enduring economic upheaval and widespread unemployment. food was scarce and rapidly becoming more costly. on march 11, 1811, in nottingham, a textile manufacturing centre, british troops broke up a crowd of protesters demanding more work and better wages. that night, angry workers smashed textile machinery in a nearby village. similar attacks occurred nightly at first, then sporadically, and then in waves. fearing a national movement, the government soon positioned thousands of soldiers to defend factories, parliament passed a measure to make machine- ра breaking a capital offence. but the luddites were neither as organised nor as dangerous as authorities believed. ( smithsonianmag.com ) a. although the working classes faced economic turmoil in early 19th century england, the upper classes did not.
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