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 topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Leaning · Autocracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Balanced
Nationalism
- Balanced
Economy
- Balanced
Free market
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Morality
Leans further toward progressive than 72% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 43This ideology 66
Of all the topics, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Nationalism
On Nationalism, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 54This ideology 56
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%
SociallyLinus TorvaldsSoftware engineer97%
EconomicallySaladinSultan of Egypt and Syria100%
Other compatible profiles
Intellectual lifeJ. Robert OppenheimerTheoretical physicist92%
PoliticsJonas Gahr StørePrime Minister of Norway91%
Intellectual lifeMachado de AssisWriter90%
EconomicsSidney WebbFabian economist and politician90%
Intellectual lifeMax WeberSociologist90%
Intellectual lifeNikola TeslaInventor and electrical engineer90%
BusinessRong YirenIndustrialist and state executive90%
BusinessBill GatesEntrepreneur and philanthropist89%
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 republic87%
SociallyMinnesota (United States)Divided Democratic region88%
EconomicallyMinas Gerais (Brazil)Historic-moderate region100%
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 Faso1983–198787%
SociallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199284%
EconomicallyOld Swiss Confederacy1291–179895%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Center
- Center
Pragmatism
Political stance that judges proposals by the practical results they produce rather than fidelity to an ideological dogma, combining market measures, regulation, and social policy according to evidence and each problem's context.
- Center
Brazilian Social Democracy
Current of Brazil's PSDB, founded in 1988 by Covas, Montoro and Cardoso, joining a market economy, social state, state reform and fiscal responsibility with parliamentarism and moderation on social issues.
- 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
Utopian Socialism
Early 19th-century current that envisioned an industrial society reorganized by rational planning, led by scientists, engineers and producers, replacing politicians and aristocrats without appealing to class struggle or revolution.
The most distant ideology
FeudalismFar-Right39%