Farmer’s wife letting out a bull to frighten off agricultural workers attacking a farm, c1830. Machine wrecking was widespread at this time as workers were afraid that threshing machines and other developments would depress wages and destroy jobs. They were right. Chromolithograph 1880s. (Image by Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)For those of you who were off for Indigenous Peoples’ Day/Columbus Day, welcome back! If you spent more time than you’d like scrolling through social me...