Advice for suffragettes from Luddites

Hi suffragettes, this is a member of Luddites. We luddites had fought over the government to make the factories stop using machines. We protested for about a year. Luddites were a group of people who were working in the industry factories and who had their own industry shop. As factory started to use machines, the workers had to lose their job and as the price of machine made clothes is low and it’s better quality, the wage of people who had their own shop also got lower. Factory working was the only way the factory workers earned money and it was the only thing that they could do to live but government made them kick out of the factories. We were strongly resisting for that. We sneaked into the factories at night and broke the machines. Government tried to stop us, so they sent the armies to protect the machines where luddites were acting. If the luddites were fourteen, there were sixty armies protecting the factory. It was totally unfair situation for luddites but, we didn’t stop. We kept attacking many factories. I can tell that we were really violence. We did it to live, we did it for own family. There were no other choices. Bur government couldn’t understand our problem and they didn’t try to listen to us. They were also hard on us. They used great number of army to stop us and during the violence protest; we lost many men on our side. It was a tragic.

So as a result of my experience, I don’t think use of violence against the government is a good idea to get what you suffragettes wants from the government. They are not easy and you should always remember they have bigger army than you guys have and they are stronger than you guys. They are not easy to go through. Be careful if you don’t want to lose your very good companion. I think less patience is why luddites lose against the government. I hope suffragettes get the right to vote at the end of your hard conflict.