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Clive Thompson

"Technocracy" was a movement in the early 20th century ...

... that insisted that democracy was terrible ...

... and society should be run by elite engineers, scientists and businesspeople

A major figure in that movement?

step forward, Joshua Haldeman ...

.... grandfather of Elon Musk

When you read the list of stuff that Technocracy folks believed and wanted, you can see a *direct* line to Musk and DOGE

gift link: nytimes.com/2025/04/04/opinion

Screenshot reading: Leading technocrats proposed replacing democratically elected officials and civil servants — indeed, all of government — with an army of scientists and engineers under what they called a technate. Some also wanted to annex Canada and Mexico. At technocracy’s height, one branch of the movement had more than a quarter of a million members. Under the technate, humans would no longer have names; they would have numbers. One technocrat went by 1x1809x56. (Mr. Musk has a son named X Æ A-12.) Mr. Haldeman, who had lost his Saskatchewan farm during the Depression, became the movement’s leader in Canada. He was technocrat No. 10450-1. Technocracy first gained worldwide attention in 1932 but soon splintered into rival factions. Technocracy Incorporated was founded and led by a former New Yorker named Howard Scott. Across the continent, rival groups of technocrats issued a flurry of tracts, periodicals and pamphlets explaining, for instance, how “life in a technocracy” would be utterly different from life in a democracy: “Popular voting can be largely dispensed with.”
Toni Aittoniemi

@clive And a former nazi rocket scientist Werner von Braun created: ”Elon, the Techno King of Mars” in his 1952 science fiction novel: ”Project Mars”

The society of Mars was run like that very same technocracy, with engineers running it while a CEO-like absolute dictator calls the actual shots.

Coincidence? I think not. Musk lists his registered title as ”Techno King” in the official papers of Tesla inc.

nypost.com/2021/05/08/german-e

New York Post · German engineer predicted man named 'Elon' would conquer Mars in 1952 novelBy Isabel Vincent
Apr 04, 2025, 04:01 PM·Public·IceCubesApp
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Toni Aittoniemi

@phersv @clive Yes. He says it himself. This is not a conspiracy theory.

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