I grew up in coal mining country in Southeastern Kentucky. In addition to keeping coal miners enslaved to Coal companies, Unions employed Luddite opposition to the much more efficient mining machinery that coal companies tried to introduce. Another revealing song that came out of the Appalachian experience was The Ballad of John Henry, wherein the hard working John Henry sought to compete with mechanical pile drivers in penetration rock. The audience for John Henry cheered him on even when the victory was obviously tilted toward the machine.
I grew up in coal mining country in Southeastern Kentucky. In addition to keeping coal miners enslaved to Coal companies, Unions employed Luddite opposition to the much more efficient mining machinery that coal companies tried to introduce. Another revealing song that came out of the Appalachian experience was The Ballad of John Henry, wherein the hard working John Henry sought to compete with mechanical pile drivers in penetration rock. The audience for John Henry cheered him on even when the victory was obviously tilted toward the machine.