Luddist Revolution?

I've been thinking about the Luddites recently, and they came not long the Revolutionary Wars, in a time where unemployment was rife. Is it possible that the Luddites could have carried out a successful revolution and established some form of agrarian republic?
 
The quick answer is no.
The luddites had no backing and no funds to buy arms etc. (after all the factory owners had all the money - that was a complaint the Luddites had).

The UK is not a place for revolution as it would involve over throwing both the Monarchy and Parliment.

At best I can see them all getting deported to Oz and prehapse seeting up something there.
 
Luddism, like anarchism and procrastinationism, do, and will always exist in the hearts and minds of people the world over, but they are anethema to the type of movement required to foment institutional change of a revolutionary nature.
 
But if we link them to frustrated Chartism? The more radical Chartists were encouraging the making and stockpiling of arms, powder and shot.
 
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