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The concept of Luddism has two uses in our language that we will review below, one of them associated with the game and the other that has nothing to do with it and is linked to a movement English worker who would set precedents in union history ...

It was called Luddism yet labor movement that emerged in England in the 18th century and that was characterized especially by the unconditional hatred that a part of the labor sector, a follower of it, professed for the machines they used to work.

The name of Luddism came from the alleged creator of the movement, Ned ludd, a British laborer from the county of Leicestershire, which would have become famous after intentionally breaking several textile machines with the which worked as a protest for the discontent that the incorporation of them produced.

Although there is not a complete certainty of its existence, in any case, its name was taken to give it a name to the growing opposition of the workers towards the incorporation of machines or any type of technology to the job.

As we know, the introduction of machines, of technology in many sectors of work generated that the worker or employee was relegated, or in some cases even supplanted their presence, with which many workers felt absolutely despised and devalued.

Of course breaking machinery is not a attitude correct, coherent or acceptable, whatever the circumstance, even if they harm the work of the workers. To solve these problems one must resort to dialogue before the development of any type of aggression.

Meanwhile, the followers of the movement were called Luddites or Luddites.

The actions that Luddism carried out and proposed as methods of protest consisted of spontaneous and disorganized revolts which culminated in the direct attack on their instruments of war. production. In the early days of incorporation of the machinery, the workers believed that they would be the cause of dismissals, then, it was very common that before the income situation new machinery in the factories, the workers, rose massively against them and in many cases, such protests ended with violent attacks on the new machines.

Regarding its duration in time, it was really very short, since very soon the workers understood that the machines were not their enemies but simple means that helped them to carry they carried out their work more quickly and efficiently and that in reality the real "enemies" were the employers who exploited and mistreated them through miserable working conditions.
Between the years 1811 and 1816 the main Luddite revolts followed one another and then the movement declined until it almost disappeared.

That belonging to or associated with the game

And on the other hand, the concept of ludism comes from Latin, from the word ludus, and is used to refer to everything associated with the game.
The game is a pleasant activity that someone develops to entertain themselves and that also usually has a creative purpose and didactic.

Human beings are great executors of games, of various kinds, and we like to practice in our moments of leisure to entertain ourselves, and also to relax from daily and routine activities that are usually heavy and stressful.

Games, then, usually manifest themselves through different formats, they can be individual, group, they can involve the use of the body or mind, the stain or the crosswords, are very popular examples of these last two types mentioned.

On the other hand, we must say that the game has a millenary relevance within the history of mankind, being used as entertainment and also as an effective way to learn knowledge.

Games usually involve competing with another person, a machine, or with oneself, and for example they turn out to be a great stimulus when developing the intelligence, and they are also excellent for physical development and health in the case of those games in which the body is involved.