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<p>Hi Bob<br>
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<p>That Ideas piece confirms a lot of my understanding of the
history of Technocracy accept it doesn't deal with the role of the
technocrats in the third Reich. My interest in technocracy was
piqued by Laudato Si where the technocratic paradigm is considered
to be the cause of our worlds major environmental problems.
Francis says of the technocrats</p>
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<p>technology tends to absorb everything into its own cloud like
logic and those who are surrounded with technology know full
well that it moves forward in the final analysis neither for
profit nor for the well being of the human race and that in the
most radical sense of the term, power is its motive -- a
lordship over all.(laudato si 108)</p>
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<p>I don't know if you read this paper of mine.(attached) I sent it
out a year ago, hoping there would be some discussion
generated. <br>
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<p>I have noticed that in Europe Global socialists like Yanis
Varoufakis of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://diem25.org/en/">Diem25</a> use the term
technocracy to understand class struggle and the rising dominance
of techno feudalism. Technocracy did not go quietly into the
sunset as the Idea program suggests. <br>
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<p>Be well <br>
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<p>Art<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/30/21 4:51 a.m., Rob Anderson
wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Art,
You might be interested in this.
Bob
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/technocracy-incorporated-elon-musk">https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/technocracy-incorporated-elon-musk</a>
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