Technocracy
Model of government in which decisions are made by experts and technical, scientific criteria, entrusting engineers, economists, and scientists with the rational and efficient management of the state and the economy.
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In one sentence
I want a society run by experts, with technical decisions replacing political bargaining and a planned economy guided by scientific criteria.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Leaning · Autocracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Balanced
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Balanced
Economy
- Balanced
Control
- Leaning · Globalism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Morality
Leans further toward progressive than 72% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 43This ideology 66
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Diplomacy
On Diplomacy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 46This ideology 44
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Henri de Saint-Simon
A precursor of technocracy, Saint-Simon proposed an industrial society governed by scientists, engineers, and producers instead of politicians and aristocrats, influencing later socialism and positivism.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyJames LovelockScientist97%
SociallyJ. Robert OppenheimerTheoretical physicist91%
EconomicallyErnest RenanPhilosopher99%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsJonas Gahr StørePrime Minister of Norway91%
BusinessRong YirenIndustrialist and state executive91%
Intellectual lifeMachado de AssisWriter90%
Intellectual lifeNikola TeslaInventor and electrical engineer90%
EconomicsLuiz Carlos Bresser-PereiraEconomist90%
EconomicsSidney WebbFabian economist and politician89%
BusinessBill GatesEntrepreneur and philanthropist89%
EconomicsJohn Maynard KeynesEconomist89%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Singapore
One-party liberal technocracyAn Asian city-state, Singapore is a parliamentary republic dominated by a single party, combining open capitalism, efficient technocratic management, strict order, and limited political freedoms in the name of progress.
Other close countries
Taiwan
Democratic-technological republicAn island presidential republic, Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and global technology hub, especially semiconductors, living under constant military threat from China, and is Asia's pioneer in progressive causes such as marriage equality.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyChileProgressive-liberal republic88%
SociallyAustraliaMulticultural-extractive monarchy88%
EconomicallyEuropean UnionRegulatory supranational union99%
The most distant
Weimar Republic
1919–1933Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallySankara's Burkina Faso1983–198785%
SociallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199285%
EconomicallyMongol Empire1206–136894%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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- Center
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- Center
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- Center
Positivism
Current inspired by Auguste Comte that trusts science and reason to organize society, defending order, progress, and technical administration guided by knowledge in place of metaphysics and tradition.
Closest in other spectrums
- Left
Keynesian Liberalism
Current inspired by John Maynard Keynes that accepts markets and liberal democracy but gives the state the task of managing demand, with countercyclical public spending, full employment as a goal and a mixed economy.
- Right
Right-Wing Progressivism
Right-wing progressive branch that unites capitalism and the cult of technological progress with a socially progressive, pragmatic, and secular culture, entrusting society's direction to a technical elite rather than mass democracy.
- Left
Nordic Social Democracy
Scandinavian model combining tripartite collective bargaining among unions, employers and the state, a universalist welfare state funded by high taxes, and an open, export-driven market economy, with strong social consensus and low inequality.
The most distant ideology
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