Technopopulism: When Technocrats Take Over The Government

by Patrick Wood | Technocracy News

Technocrats know how to play the long game. In 1932, a little hardcover book, Roosevelt and Technocracy, was published at the time when Roosevelt was riding high on the populist sentiment of hopium, promising to dig America out of a hopeless economic depression that was widely blamed on banksters and corrupt politicians. (Shades of today…)

The author set the stage for the coup of the century:

“Technocracy is the most constructive play devised for the attainment of our economic stabilization. The gospel of Technocracy is spreading through our schools, universities and churches. Wall Street is exhibiting an intense but worried interest, and is it whispered, even the Vatican is closely following the progress of this new brain-child of our engineer-scientists.” 

Next, he made the claim of inevitability that “assuredly Technocracy will come” but then laid potential failure on “its coming will be delayed by political maneuvering and financial chicanery,” as “we pass through a period of Chaos.”

Ah, but the “extent and severity of the period is wholly within the control of the people,” an ignorant bunch at best, necessitating “radical and immediate changes in both our political and economic systems will be necessary.”

Now the hook is baited and the line cast upon the water. The saviors of humanity have arrived. The answers are plainly evident. Indeed, the only answer:

“This can best be accomplished by vesting supreme and emergency power in some one man who has the confidence and respect of the majority of the American people.

“That man is FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT – to whom should be given dictatorial power in the approaching crisis.”

Do you think this was what the citizens wanted? Unelected and accountable scientists and engineers appointed top to bottom to run the country with no oversight?

As if this fait accompli is already a forgone conclusion, the author turns to the reader to make this appeal:

“We can depend on the innate courage, sound judgement, and true sportsmanship of the average American to gain his objective in a peaceful and orderly manner.”

So, they expected the people to roll over and go along because of “innate courage”, “sound judgement” and “true sportsmanship”?

Here we are in 2024 and the same con game is being foisted upon us. While the populists of today cheer their champion (Trump) for his Cabinet appointees, for his pledges to resuscitate the economy and for his pledges to reinstill justice (all good things do to!), Technocrats have arrived to reorganize the government. And not just any run-of-the-mill Technocrats either, but arch-Technocrats like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy who have been appointed to run a newly created “Department of Government Efficiency” or DOGE. Read Full Article >