The Most Concerning 27 Minutes You'll Hear Today: Why AI Labor Disruption Echoes the Luddites

He has proposed a robot tax, a levy on companies that replace human workers with automated systems, a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay and 20% of stock in large corporations to be held by workers, in addition to 45% of corporate board seats to go to employees. In 1811, the British government deployed 12,000 soldiers against its own people, weavers and knitters, the most skilled workers in England at the time. It started 215 years ago in 1811 in the textile mills of Nottinghamshire, England, with a man who may not have even existed. They tried going through the legal system, but nothing worked because the Combination Acts of 1799 and 1800 had made trade unions illegal. There were special trials that were held in January 1813 and at least 17 Luddites were xecuted by hanging. Overall, this points to specialized systems and vertically integrated players shaping what comes next far more than surface narratives suggest.

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