Idea of Progress 3

Topic
cars
because
erm
it was created in the 17th century / or 18th century
used WW1 WW2
progress
poker face
 

Find quotes in the text to support the different points.

• It deals with Luddites as a group of organized, masked and anonymous men. They were violent and they destroyed a lot of things, and they flourished in GB in the 19th century. 

 "[...] Luddites flourished in Britain from about 1811 to 1816 [and] were bands of men, organized, masked anonymous [...]" (on lines 1 to 2)
Luddites existed in the EARLY 19th century.
(early / mid / late)

• They didn't like the machines because they were losing their jobs, and they felt the machines had replaced them.

"they also saw the machines coming more and more to be the property of rich men who did not work, only owned and hired. Everyone understood it was damaging wages and jobs." (on lines 16 to 18)
to own = posséder (to possess, in the Exorcist)
to hire = engager
wages = salaire

• The Luddites didn't swear allegiance to the British king but to their King, a "King Lud."

 "They swore allegiance not to any British king but to their own King Ludd." (on lines 2-3)
"we will die fighting [...] and down with all kings but King Ludd!" (on lines 34-35)
Lord Byron wrote the poem at the end of the text. But it was so debatable and anti-monarchy that it wasn't published until after Byron's death.

• There was a man who was in favor of the Luddites and who wrote a poem for them.

 "the [Luddites] had its Parliamentary allies, among them Lord Byron, whose maiden speech [...] in 1812 [...] argued against a bill proposing [...] to make frame-breaking punishable by death." (on lines 25 to 26.
a maiden speech / a maiden voyage
a frame
a bill is a law before it's voted

• The word "Luddite" is still  polemical. 

 "the use of the word was clearly polemical, wishing to imply an irrational fear and hatred of science and technology." (on lines 4 to 5)