AI is coming for your job In 1811, they smashed the machines | MACHINE RAGE Part 1 — The Luddites

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On June 12, 2026, Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire — and the internet's reply was rage about AI taking jobs. That exact rage is 200 years old. In 1811, England's most skilled textile workers smashed the machines replacing them. They lost. The machines won. And the wage gap that followed proved both sides half-right. Part 1 of MACHINE RAGE — a 5-part series on what history says about the fight over the machine. Follow for Part 2: the empire that banned the machine. Some scenes are cinematic reconstructions of documented events. All quotes, dates, and sources are historically verified.