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a few patches i made with a combination of block printing and hand painting. ranging in size from approximately 5x3.5 in to 7x5.4 in. some may or may not glow in the dark. i used jean quality stretch denim so i know the fabric is good quality, and i heat sealed the paint with an iron. i have them for sale on Etsy but they've been going fast, though i intend to make more when i have the opportunity. you can get some here; www.etsy.com/listing/4476462891/two-color-patches-combination-block

“But while the Luddites lost their war, their case was always correct. That war was not fought against technology per se—what Lewis Mumford called ‘technics’. Most Luddites operated weaving looms themselves, and were quite comfortable with machinery. What mattered was who controlled it. They were fighting what they called ‘the factory system’—the destruction of lived freedom, and the regimentation of both body and soul. Like the Fen Tigers and the many unnamed people who have stood up against the onward march of dehumanising ‘progress’, General Ludd and his legions were fighting the monster from the desert, and their struggle was existential. If they could see us today, transfixed by our glowing screens, deskilled and dependent on oligarchs for permission to earn, eat and speak, with the factory system gone global and the Earth heating up from its exhaust, they might be permitted a grim smile.”

— Paul Kingsnorth: Against the Machine (pp. 51-52)

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For context,

Torment Nexus : "an idea that is so bad and dangerous in theory and practice that its indistinguishable from capitalist satire".

Luddite event : After the creation of textile machines (which produced fabric at a lower quality but faster rate while being dangerous to operate), textile mills fired a huge amount of their workforce leading to the remaining workers becoming overworked. A Luddite event thus in this context is "an innovation that is exaggerated to excuse mistreatment of the workforce".