Historians tell us that the Luddites were victims of a temporary conjuncture of rising prices and falling wages that threatened them with starvation in a society with minimal welfare provision. The Luddites, however, blamed their misfortune on the machines themselves.
历史学家告诉我们，勒德分子是暂时性的价格上涨和工资下降的受害者，两面夹击让他们在福利政策不利的社会里有挨饿的危险。但是，勒德分子却把自己的不幸归咎于机器本身。