Technocratic movement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement

 Any thoughts on this? Especially on their views on economic vs 'physical' scarcity.

The whole thing is intriguingly naive.  Some of the observations seem accurate but they fail to recognize that the State happens to be the cause of several of the problems.  Therefore, the Technocrats offer a State solution subject to the same forms of abuse! 

 

Take their observation of increased debt.   Here is the solution:  

wikiPedia:

  The amount of energy given to each citizen would be calculated by determining the total productive capacity of the technate and dividing it equally. The Energy units or certificates, themselves would probably not have to be physically used by the populace, as the system would be computerised. In energy accounting the Technate would use information of natural resources, industrial capacity and citizen’s purchasing habits to determine how much of any good or service was being consumed by the populace, so that it could match production with consumption.

I guess that solves the problem of inflation or counterfeiting the currency!  

I didn't get too far past their ramblings on unemployment, which have been utterly refuted already. The bit of the page devoted to scarcity is particularly misleading. They seem to think an economy based on scarcity is somehow deficient... that seems utterly ignorant.

Another all time favourite:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit

"Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can."