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Mikros, issue 5, April 1939
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market today. The one organization that is actually doing something to bring about the Scientific Civilization which we have often read about---a world governed by science and not by pompous and ignorant politicians---is probably something that you don't know a damn thing about; which you, and also myself, are and were against only a short time ago. I refer to TECHNOCRACY. Recently I was saying "Tech scientific government of my own, which was practically a copy of Technocracy, even tho I knew nothing of the latter. In this article I shall relate a few of the proposals of Technocracy; proposals that are close to the heart of every render of science fiction on this continent. I shall also mention a few of the causes of present day conditions, and how Technocracy intends to net on them. First we'll occupy our time with present day trends. Technocracy was founded in 1919, by scientists, engineers, and technicians, including the immortal Steinmetz. The purpose of the organisation, then known as the "Technical Alliance", was to make intensive research into the conditions brought upon our every day life by the universal application of mechanization and technical developments. The fecta discovered proved to be a revelation, but all were facts, all more verifiable, and all were important. One of the most important, which led to the founding of Technocracy as a popular movement, was the undeniable fact that the present financial system of the nation, and perhaps the world, is heading for a complete breakdown, by or before 1945. This is backed by the fact that every depression in the past has been 30% lower in total deflation than the one immediately proceeding it. The depression of 1929 arrived, accompanied by some 2 million unemployed, and came within 30% of hitting rock bottom. The next one will come as a close aftermath of the present so-called recovery period, when there is no more money to spend on relief, and will start out with some 20 million unemployed. In comparison, 1929 will be a picnic. The whole trouble is with the present "price system", in which an artificial scarcity has to be maintained in order to create a basis of value for capitol. In a land of plenty we have to make money a scarcity so that it will have value, to buy that with which the land is overflowing. Because of lack of purchasing power within the nation, private capitol has to ship American products and machinery to foreign nations to keep the wheels of industry turning over. That's the trouble with the price system, private business must continue to turn over, or go bankrupt. You will note that the automobiles for 1939 came out as early as September 1938, so that turnover could be maintained. All the goods on the market today are made so that they may wear out as soon as possible, but not suite as soon as their competitors. However, the Technocracy Study Course explains all the causes that led to the present illusion of recovery, so we shall now discuss the problem of what Technocracy proposes to do, and..... LIFE UNDER A TECHNATE Technocracy proposes to orchestrate all the industries of this continent approximately 100 functional divisions, under which the individual is classified, Since there exiate enough and more
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market today. The one organization that is actually doing something to bring about the Scientific Civilization which we have often read about---a world governed by science and not by pompous and ignorant politicians---is probably something that you don't know a damn thing about; which you, and also myself, are and were against only a short time ago. I refer to TECHNOCRACY. Recently I was saying "Tech scientific government of my own, which was practically a copy of Technocracy, even tho I knew nothing of the latter. In this article I shall relate a few of the proposals of Technocracy; proposals that are close to the heart of every render of science fiction on this continent. I shall also mention a few of the causes of present day conditions, and how Technocracy intends to net on them. First we'll occupy our time with present day trends. Technocracy was founded in 1919, by scientists, engineers, and technicians, including the immortal Steinmetz. The purpose of the organisation, then known as the "Technical Alliance", was to make intensive research into the conditions brought upon our every day life by the universal application of mechanization and technical developments. The fecta discovered proved to be a revelation, but all were facts, all more verifiable, and all were important. One of the most important, which led to the founding of Technocracy as a popular movement, was the undeniable fact that the present financial system of the nation, and perhaps the world, is heading for a complete breakdown, by or before 1945. This is backed by the fact that every depression in the past has been 30% lower in total deflation than the one immediately proceeding it. The depression of 1929 arrived, accompanied by some 2 million unemployed, and came within 30% of hitting rock bottom. The next one will come as a close aftermath of the present so-called recovery period, when there is no more money to spend on relief, and will start out with some 20 million unemployed. In comparison, 1929 will be a picnic. The whole trouble is with the present "price system", in which an artificial scarcity has to be maintained in order to create a basis of value for capitol. In a land of plenty we have to make money a scarcity so that it will have value, to buy that with which the land is overflowing. Because of lack of purchasing power within the nation, private capitol has to ship American products and machinery to foreign nations to keep the wheels of industry turning over. That's the trouble with the price system, private business must continue to turn over, or go bankrupt. You will note that the automobiles for 1939 came out as early as September 1938, so that turnover could be maintained. All the goods on the market today are made so that they may wear out as soon as possible, but not suite as soon as their competitors. However, the Technocracy Study Course explains all the causes that led to the present illusion of recovery, so we shall now discuss the problem of what Technocracy proposes to do, and..... LIFE UNDER A TECHNATE Technocracy proposes to orchestrate all the industries of this continent approximately 100 functional divisions, under which the individual is classified, Since there exiate enough and more
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