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A Luddite was "a member of any of the bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs (1811–16)." They weren't anti-technology. They were anti-"having their jobs replaced by machines".


> broadly : one who is opposed to especially technological change

1: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Luddite


Hopefully abandoning the smartphone might result in these kids picking up Das Kapital at the Brooklyn library.


By the way, you can view and download almost all of Marx’s works for free in the Marxists Archive! (marxists.org) Probably the advent of the Internet and smartphones have increased access to these works.


Or Capital in the 21st Century


Or Progress and Poverty.


Sure, because the communists are well known for their rejection of tracking technology…




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