Mano de obra y máquinas: Del desplazamiento de la Revolución Industrial a la precarización laboral de las plataformas de transporte y delivery
Labor and machines: From the displacement of the Industrial Revolution to the labor casualization of transport and delivery platforms
Abstract
The article aims to analyze the role of the Luddites in social protest and the implications of the appearance of this rebel group at that time in history and its possible projection towards a future union protest. To achieve this, the following aspects have been thought about: 1) The similarity of the original Luddites and the neo-Luddites in terms of their rebellion and opposition to technological advance. 2) The possible relationship of those protests with Marxist ideologies regarding the class struggle. 3) The ethical dilemmas caused by technological advance and the problems caused: machines at the time, pollution, job insecurity on transport and delivery platforms, and invasion of artificial intelligence today. The method used for the research was based on historical exploration in certain documents and the analysis of the Luddite discourse and the current neo-Luddite discourse. In conclusion, it can be said that the social protest and the destruction of machines by the Luddites was not only due to technophobia, but also had a content of class struggle, and left a legacy of rebellion to future social organizations. The current protest also has other motivations.
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