Is it a matter of national importance?
Is it a matter of national importance?
I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~ William Blake
Captivity is consciousness,
So's liberty. ~ Emily Dickinson
Which Nation?
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
Would you like a technocratic nation?
The world is waiting for you - Phil Keoghan
What is a technocratic nation?
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
Would you prefer a different kind of nation?
The world is waiting for you - Phil Keoghan
What's wrong with a simple republic?
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
Isn't that too commonplace?
The world is waiting for you - Phil Keoghan
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
"I teach you the Übermensch. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? … What is ape to man? A laughing stock or painful embarrassment. And man shall be that to the Übermensch" -- from Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.” - Nikola Tesla
Hasn't it worked for centuries...millennium even?
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
Any government system would work if idiots didn't run it. Technocracy is compatible with a Democratic Republic.
"I teach you the Übermensch. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? … What is ape to man? A laughing stock or painful embarrassment. And man shall be that to the Übermensch" -- from Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.” - Nikola Tesla
Isn't this a 'Questions Only' thread?Originally Posted by Nietzsche
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
Nietzsche is a professor, haha.
Last edited by AmericanEagle; 03-12-2010 at 02:45 PM.
The world is waiting for you - Phil Keoghan
was I merely dropping into lecture on what a technocracy is? I do believe the answer is yes, what do you think?
"I teach you the Übermensch. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? … What is ape to man? A laughing stock or painful embarrassment. And man shall be that to the Übermensch" -- from Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.” - Nikola Tesla
Do you think that you are above the rules of the thread?
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
Do you think I couldn't come up with a long retort to that if I wanted to?
"I teach you the Übermensch. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? … What is ape to man? A laughing stock or painful embarrassment. And man shall be that to the Übermensch" -- from Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.” - Nikola Tesla
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