Is it a matter of national importance?
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Is it a matter of national importance?
Which Nation?
Would you like a technocratic nation?
What is a technocratic nation?
Would you prefer a different kind of nation?
What's wrong with a simple republic?
Isn't that too commonplace?
A technocracy is not so much a government as an economic system similar to the guild system where an appointed leader (or guild master) has providence over a specific area of the economy. In the 1930s, there was a strong technocracy movement because the nation thought that Government interfering with the economy destroyed it and that instead appointed leader should rule over sectors of the economy based on their area of expertise, IE, an appointed doctor over the medical field. The term technocracy derives from the Greek words tekhne meaning skill and kratos meaning power. Your skill power will determine what position you are in the economy in regards to ruling over a sector. Henri de Saint-Simon is an originator of this theory. Edward Bellamy and Thorstein Veblen originated the idea in the USA and William H. Smyth advocated Technocracy starting in 1919. At the end of 1919, Howard Scott founded the Technical Alliance in the USA.
Technocracy would prevent the government from meddling in the economy, and allow a free market, but the inherent bureaucracy in a technocratic economy also presents problems. However, it is a very interesting concept.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy
Hasn't it worked for centuries...millennium even?
Any government system would work if idiots didn't run it. Technocracy is compatible with a Democratic Republic.
Isn't this a 'Questions Only' thread?Quote:
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was I merely dropping into lecture on what a technocracy is? I do believe the answer is yes, what do you think?
Do you think that you are above the rules of the thread?
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Do you think I couldn't come up with a long retort to that if I wanted to?