[lbo-talk] $10 a gallon gas - in Norway

[John Thornton]

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> [WS:] An interesting sub-plot of this story is the class division in the gas price debate: working class opposes price increases, the "yuppie class" does not.  It is, in a sense, history repeating itself - this time as a farce.  First time, there were the Luddities who fought to turn back the clock, this time it is blue collar and rural populations.  
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> Wojtek

Ack!
The Luddites didn't seek to turn back the clock.
See P.E. Thompson's book "The Making of the English Working Class" for a 
decent historical accounting of the Luddite movement.
They didn't oppose technology, they opposed free market principles.

John Thornton