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Why is Lemmy obsessed with the word "enshittification"? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 6 months ago by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I see it referenced constantly here, not quite as much on Reddit. I know what it means, but just wondering why such the popularity over on this side of the fence?

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[–] Maeve@kbin.social 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How you conflate those other things with Luddite is.... fascinating.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I assume they mean in the original term, that technology should be used to make life better, not to damage peoples employment.

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I had no idea the term Luddite had any meaning beyond the colloquial definition of shunning technology in general. Thanks for giving me something to read about today.

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

the greatest trick the capitalists ever pulled etc etc

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

I had no idea myself until just recently. The 99% Invisible podcast had a decent episode about it which I listened to that helped put it all into context.

The short story is that it was a labor movement trying to prevent mill owners from abusing workers by using automation to bleed the maximum productivity out of the fewest people. The Luddites would break into mills and smash the "infringing" machines. Tensions rose, the Luddites were eventually crushed, and the term Luddite was intentionally rebranded by capitalists to be synonymous with ignorant/anti-intellectual so that no one would ever want to associate with them again.

[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Luddite is an anticapitalist blog https://theluddite.org

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for clarifying, and the link. I'll check it out!

[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

Happy to! I can see why someone would be confused 😂