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Why were threshing machines opposed by some labourers ?

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CBSE Session 2022-2023.
Class 9 chapter 6 Peasants and Farmers.
Important Questions of Class 9th NCERT.
NCERT SOCIAL SCIENCE Solutions, History.
CBSE Board state and other board.
NCERT book Extra Questions.

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  1. (i) Riot spread all over southern England and near about 387 threshing
    machines were broken.
    (ii) Through this period, farmers received threatening letters urging them
    to stop using machines that deprived workmen of their- livelihood.
    (iii) Most of these letters were signed in the name of Captain Swing, who was
    supposed to support the farmers to destroy threshing machines’

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