Technocracy
Let the experts drive.
Technocrats think most political problems are really technical problems, so they should be solved by people who know what they're doing: engineers, scientists, economists. Less arguing about values, more data, planning and measurable results.
What they'd say
Follow the evidence, not the polls.
Most policy questions have a right answer.
Plan for the next 30 years, not the next election.
Its 12-axis profile
Where it gets messy
Plenty of political questions are about values, not facts. And handing power to unelected experts makes it hard to vote anyone out.
Names to know
- Henri de Saint-Simon
- Thorstein Veblen
- Howard Scott
Its squad
Countries that think like this
These countries and regimes have Technocracy as their closest match out of all 46 types.
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