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Neo-Luddism

Movement[edit]

Contemporary neo-Luddites are a widely diverse group of loosely affiliated or non-affiliated groups which includes "writers, academics, students, families, Amish, Mennonites, Quakers, environmentalists, "fallen-away yuppies," "ageing flower children" and "young idealists seeking a technology-free environment." Some Luddites see themselves as victims of technology trying to prevent further victimization (such as Citizens Against Pesticide Misuse and Parents Against Underage Smartphones). Others see themselves as advocates for the natural order and resist environmental degradation by technology (such as Earth First!).

Add paragraph (may need to move to history): During the 1960s Counterculture phenomenon, Berkeley University student and free-speech activist Mario Savio spoke to a group of protesters at Sproul Plaza participating in a sit-in over their right to distribute anti-war and other political materials on campus. His speech referenced machines, gears, wheels, and levers, instructing protesters to make the machine stop as well as to appeal to the owners of the machine that the people have to be free in order for their machine to work. This metaphorical imagery used by Savio is an allusion to the Charlie Chaplin movie, Modern Times, in which Chaplin's character gets caught in the gears and wheels of factory machinery. His character eventually frees himself and mocks the owners of the machine before making his escape.

One neo-Luddite assembly was the "Second Neo-Luddite Congress", held April 13–15, 1996, at a Quaker meeting hall in Barnesville, Ohio. On February 24, 2001, the "Teach-In on Technology and Globalization" was held at Hunter College in New York city with the purpose to bring together critics of technology and globalization. The two figures who are seen as the movement's founders are Chellis Glendinning and Kirkpatrick Sale. Prominent neo-Luddites include educator S. D. George, ecologist Stephanie Mills, Theodore Roszak, Scott Savage, Clifford Stoll, Bill McKibben, Neil Postman, Wendell Berry, Alan Marshall and Gene Logsdon. Postman, however, did not consider himself a Luddite and loathed being associated with the term.^{[citation needed]}

Add section possibly under History: Examples of Neo-Luddism in entertainment[edit]

Examples include 1984, Kubricks Hal, 1960s movies, etc 1984 Apple commerical (will add video as collateral to page), Frankenstein, Dune

References (Neo-Luddism)

Notes to self:

make sure history section doesn't include history of Luddites.