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Before Buckminster Fuller, there was Technocracy Inc. (1930s) This stuff is real:

"Technocracy Inc.’s slogan, “Functional Control is Imperative,” expressed the view that governance should be treated as an engineering task. Accordingly, the American Technate would be led by the supreme technologist, the Continental Director, supported by the Directors of the Functional Sequences (into which the production process was divided). Following state education, all citizens would be assigned to the work for which they were best suited. Personal freedom would be limited; however, in exchange, all citizens would receive a uniform, high, fixed income—paid in Energy Certificates—and enjoy a certain level of abundance. Furthermore, the population would benefit from a stable government, economic security, and ample leisure time, as working hours would be significantly curtailed. Since any political system was considered inherently inefficient, Technocracy Inc. considered itself completely apolitical. Besides, since technology would demonstrate the optimal path forward, discussion would be superfluous in the Technate."

michaelrasche.eu/technate/

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American Expansionism & the Technate of America

In her doctoral thesis at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, historian and philosopher Eva Visser is researching the ‘technocrats’, a controversial and banned North American movement from the 1930s. Much of what this group wanted to achieve is now appearing as goals of the US government. An exciting historical view: to understand the present, you have to look into the past.

michaelrasche.eu

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