Luddites were complaining about having their lives upended and being thrown into generational poverty. That is what wide-scale "disruption" looks at the receiving end.
Yes, absolutely, in the end people were better off with automation. But these particular people - and their families and children - were not.
But hey, 50 years later things might work out, that is if past performance guarantees future results when it comes to adjusting to employment shocks.