For a number of years I have watch the progression of the technocratic state spreading Technocracy globally. In my opinion the direction the world collective governance is headed is to a form of Technocracy.
Far too many people when they see the trend going in direction they don’t like, depending on their personal political views declare “that’s (fill in the name of the political/economic system you most dislike)”. The truth is while in many ways the global governance is heading in ways that could be said to be embracing communism, corporatism, fascism, a dictatorship etc.; but, while the direction certainly has elements of these, a better and more encompassing title is Technocracy or as I think of it Technocracy II. Technocracy I grew rapidly in North America in the 1930’s and may have formed the government in Canada and/or the US if it had not been for World War II and the emergence of Fascism in Europe which to me has strong similarities to Technocracy. For a time during World War II Technocracy was banned in Canada. Elon Musk’s maternal grandfather was charged with being a member of an illegal organisation during WWII. I consider Elon an example of Technocracy let lose on the world, no, I do not feel he can be trusted.
If one wants to study foundation precepts of Technocracy of the 1930’s, I suggest the Technocracy Study Course. I suggest you not waste your time deciphering the ramblings of the people at Technocracy Inc. You would be better off studying the works of Patrick Wood. While I do not see the world from the same economic theory prism as Patrick does I do see the issues of Technocracy the same as he does. Most will have seen the Technocracy Monad or as I thought of it the “Red and White”Taoist “Yin/Yang” symbol, Technocracy is so much less than that and worse. So what is Technocracy?
Defining political terms in ways that truly reflect the concepts of the political thought is a challenge especially if one tries to cover the entire concept. I will take the easy way out and refer people to a source such as the Encyclopedia Britannica. They define Technocracy as “Technocracy, government by technicians who are guided solely by the imperatives of their technology ............”
As a child, this made sense to me, but as I gained experience in life and matured in thought the problems with it began to become apparent. One of their prime points was to rely on engineers to do what would be best for humanity as they applied the facts and science as the rule for decisions. Having been trained in engineering and used it in my vocation, I know engineers even well meaning engineers do not have all the answers.
One of the prime reasons why an engineer’s all the answers approach is flawed, while they may have done their best to accumulate the facts before making a decision, they often are missing some of the facts and worse, who is the authority that determines what all the facts are? The mantra of the last few years of “trust the science” should be enough to deter anyone from technocracy.
Another illogic from the 1930’s technocracy was to establish a “compendium” of all the assets and knowledge in the world so decisions could be made based on the all facts and information. How they envisioned collecting and utilising all the approved information in the 1930’s is a mystery to me although one might be able to present an argument that Google could do that today. That would be another Technocracy miss. Google today is busy “fact checking” info to allow the correct facts to be always used. Unfortunately our Technocrats in government seem to feel they can manipulate and control the information to support what ever whim they or their masters feel like. “Safe and Effective”.
For me one of the biggest give a-ways that Technocracy is reemerging as a force in the world is carbon pricing or what should be considered a tax on the use of energy. In a fundamental way the value of everything can be related back to the cost of the energy to produce it, but that leaves out other important aspect such as sentimental value (not that one can expect a technocrat to appreciate emotional or spiritual values.)
One should think of the Technocracy Study Course as the first draft of the direction the overlords of the technocrats want the world to go. If one wishes to “take the course” they should read it along with one of the great dystopian novels written at the same time as the study course. It can almost be said that Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is the study course in the form of a novel.
Is the Technocracy Study Course The Blue Print for world governance?