I wouldn't cast shade on the kid. We don't know what we don't know. But the Rough Extraction episode basic lays out what you are saying and why it made sense.
A very exploitative-corporate model had emerged, human dignity demanded a response.
As the political map gets reoriented, labor unions discussion is going to be hard for some. Must get past the WWE political narrative first. Most importantly, this history rhymes with today's de-humanization in the AI revolution.
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The luddites were were from not too far away in time and also an anti "companies using technology to dehumanize their workers" movement. Not surprising we see them also coming back when wealth inequality tips back into the range last seen during the robber baron era.
We could learn from the successes and failures of the movements of that era. Instead we were trained in school that they were all bad so we'll have to reinvent the wheel or get bulldozed by the oligarchs this time.