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The 'Luddite' movement of early 19th-century England is often remembered as a mindless lashing out against technology by workers who did not understand it. However, modern historians argue that the Luddites were not opposed to machines themselves, but to the 'fraudulent' way they were used to bypass standard labor practices and lower wages. Their protest was a defense of their economic status and community standards rather than a hatred of progress.
Which choice best summarizes the central idea of the text?
- A historical movement was driven by labor-rights concerns rather than an irrational fear of machinery.
- The Luddites were a group of workers who completely failed to understand how machines worked.
- Early 19th-century machines were the primary cause of all poverty in industrial England.
- Luddite protests were the only way that 19th-century workers could defend their community standards.
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