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2020-05-05 -Land of the Free

America Is A Technocracy, Not A Democracy

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Posted by Clem 2020-05-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Welcome to the Social Contract 2.0

It comes with a reCAPTCHA click-through, and has fine print ToS. Oh ! And 'cookies'.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-05-05 00:17|| 2020-05-05 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 As I understand it, your founding fathers deliberately designed USA to not be a democracy.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-05 03:21|| 2020-05-05 03:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Thank you #2.

I get sick and tired of the ignorance of civics displayed so often in articles like this.

The "technocracy" is established by the elected representatives. And should be controlled by them. It's impossible to form a government by law that can ensure that all the folks involved are hard-working, knowledgeable and honest.

As far as technocrats go they have been around since at least the times of the pharaohs most often they were of the priestly class.

Semantics don't really matter.

Posted by AlanC 2020-05-05 08:17|| 2020-05-05 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 As I understand it, your founding fathers deliberately designed USA to not be a democracy.

1. it was a union of states in a contract.
2. it was ratified by the states, not the people.
3. it was why the anti-federalists won the final argument with the inclusion of the first 10 amendments, aka Bill of Rights.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-05 08:37|| 2020-05-05 08:37|| Front Page Top

#5 ^Spoilsport

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-05 08:48|| 2020-05-05 08:48|| Front Page Top

#6 "Democracy", eh?
I remember a history on the early Greek city states that exposed the central problem with "democracy": Who votes? Is it everybody or only a select few? The difference between an Oligarchy and a Democracy is only a matter of degree.

Posted by magpie 2020-05-05 11:54|| 2020-05-05 11:54|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 This is why I prefer the phrase "technogarchy".

Posted by charger 2020-05-05 13:20|| 2020-05-05 13:20|| Front Page Top

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