Why wouldn't a technocracy work?
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We'd have problems naming national parks, especially those with compound names. yellowStone YellowStone Yellowstone park_YellowStone
Parks shall henceforth be identified by GUIDs: Yellowstone => {c4afa8ab-3f75-47a7-bd8e-668250abd894} Yosemite => {2297c9bc-e263-4a6a-9111-5e959e6a27d3} ...
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We'd have problems naming national parks, especially those with compound names. yellowStone YellowStone Yellowstone park_YellowStone
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Since democracy is obviously failing there is a need to find another form of government. The suggestion to adopt a technocracy [^]has been put on the table. Let's evaluate the idea - see any problems?
We'd still argue over where to place the tax brackets -- New line? Same line? Indented?
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Really, Godwin's Law already?
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
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We'd still argue over where to place the tax brackets -- New line? Same line? Indented?
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Yeah, without voting on I gave it a go. You know who also didn't respect votes? The Nazi's!
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"In a technocracy, decision makers would be selected based upon how knowledgeable and skillful they are in their field." Who does the selecting? Whatever form of government you use power corrupts, and those with the power eventually become concerned with nothing more than keeping it. You might as well form a government of village idiots. The Civil Service actually does everything, and however you choose the public face of the government the country will run as before.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
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Yeah, without voting on I gave it a go. You know who also didn't respect votes? The Nazi's!
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Since democracy is obviously failing there is a need to find another form of government. The suggestion to adopt a technocracy [^]has been put on the table. Let's evaluate the idea - see any problems?
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Since democracy is obviously failing there is a need to find another form of government. The suggestion to adopt a technocracy [^]has been put on the table. Let's evaluate the idea - see any problems?
Here in the US we've already tried legislating using a variant of Schrodinger's cat. "You have to pass the law to find out what's in it" If only it was a laughing matter. :((
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Yeah, without voting on I gave it a go. You know who also didn't respect votes? The Nazi's!
I smell a 185 coming... 185 Technocratic politicians walk into a bar!
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We'd still argue over where to place the tax brackets -- New line? Same line? Indented?
+5 :thumbsup:
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MehGerbil wrote:
Senator 1: ... Senator 2:
What happened to the first Senator in this conversation... ;P
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
Where is the 5 when you need it?:thumbsup:
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Since democracy is obviously failing there is a need to find another form of government. The suggestion to adopt a technocracy [^]has been put on the table. Let's evaluate the idea - see any problems?
Does this post break rule #4?
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Does this post break rule #4?
I don't think so[^] :-D
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
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Does this post break rule #4?
How about rule 34?
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
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I don't think so[^] :-D
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
You were saying? I sort of zoned out there....
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Since democracy is obviously failing there is a need to find another form of government. The suggestion to adopt a technocracy [^]has been put on the table. Let's evaluate the idea - see any problems?
MehGerbil wrote:
Let's evaluate the idea - see any problems?
You mean besides the fact that the individuals doing the governing are human? And thus susceptible to all of the same problems that other types are. And of course completely ignores such issues as - how the leaders will be choosen, - what methodology is used to decide what disciplines are actually suited for leadership - How does one retain the credentials of the discipline/technology that lead to their leadership role while spending all of the time leading.
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"In a technocracy, decision makers would be selected based upon how knowledgeable and skillful they are in their field." Who does the selecting? Whatever form of government you use power corrupts, and those with the power eventually become concerned with nothing more than keeping it. You might as well form a government of village idiots. The Civil Service actually does everything, and however you choose the public face of the government the country will run as before.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
ChrisElston wrote:
Whatever form of government you use power corrupts, and those with the power eventually become concerned with nothing more than keeping it.
I always favored relatively short term limited posts which are followed immediately by execution.
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ChrisElston wrote:
Whatever form of government you use power corrupts, and those with the power eventually become concerned with nothing more than keeping it.
I always favored relatively short term limited posts which are followed immediately by execution.