The irony is that the term luddites came from workers banding together to destroy machines that were replacing their jobs. Its understandable when you consider those workers needed those jobs in order to pay for things like housing and food. This casino was first proposed during the great recession because the machines and manufacturing had all been offshored and people were desperate to create jobs of any form. Somewhere along the line we've learned to ignore the worker's legitimate concerns about putting food on the table and only see things from the perspective of the factory owner who doesn't give a damn about anything but their bottom line.