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[[Image:North American Technate.PNG|thumb|Map of the North American Technate by TechInc.]] |
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The term '''Technate''' was originated by [[Technocracy Incorporated]] in the early 1930s to describe the region over which a technocratic society would operate using thermodynamic energy accounting instead of a [[money]] method.<ref>http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/environ/m3/s3/05account.shtml Environmental Decision making, Science and Technology</ref> All resources and industry of this land region would be used to provide an abundance of goods and services, within a sustainable ecological context, to its citizens under the program [[Energy Accounting]].<ref>http://ecen.com/eee9/ecoterme.htm Economy and Thermodynamics</ref> |
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According to Technocrats, a technate cannot simply be set up anywhere like a modern-day country; it has several requirements that must be met in order for it to operate: |
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*There must be sufficient ''[[natural resource]]s''. |
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*There must be an existing ''[[Industry|industrial]]'' and ''[[scientific]]'' base from which to operate the Technate. |
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*There must be a sufficient amount of trained personnel for its operation. |
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According to Technocracy Inc., presently the [[North America]]n continent is known to be able to fully meet the basic requirements needed to operate a Technate, although other land areas could attempt it, with varying results, depending on the required conditions of [[energy conversion]].<ref>Cutler J. Cleveland, [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Biophysical_economics "Biophysical economics"], ''Encyclopedia of Earth'', Last updated: September 14, 2006.</ref> |
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The design is intended to transform North American society, and replace the current [[Technocratic views of the Price system|Price system]].<ref>The Energy Certificate essay by Fezer. An article on energy accounting as proposed by Technocracy Inc. http://www.technocracy.org/Archives/The%20Energy%20Certificate-r.htm Article on alternative system to money 'energy accounting'</ref> |
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==Technical Alliance project== |
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The [[Technical Alliance]] (precursor group of Technocracy Incorporated) measured and assessed the extent of the land's natural resources of soil, metals, fuels, hydrology and its energy resources, its transport and communications and construction capabilities, its industrial and technological productive capacity, its available scientific, engineering, biological trained personnel--all to determine whether the area of [[North America]] could provide an equitably individualized high optimum standard of living for its population, and if so, how this could be brought about in the form of a governing body which they later referred to as a [[technate]].<ref>http://www.eoearth.org/article/Biophysical_economics</ref> |
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==The North American Technate== |
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The '''North American Technate''' is a design and plan to transform North America into a Technocratic society. The plan includes using [[Canada]]'s rich deposits of [[mineral]]s and [[Hydroelectricity|hydro-electric power]] as a complement to the United States's [[Industry|industrial]] and [[Agriculture|agricultural]] capacity. (Many of the details of this plan are presented in the [[Technocracy Study Course]], the precedent document of the [[Technocracy movement]].) |
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The North America Technate would be composed of all of [[North America]], [[Central America]], the [[Caribbean]], parts of [[South America]], and [[Greenland]], encompassing some 30 modern nations (as well as numerous [[United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories|Non-Self-Governing Territories]]). If the Technate were set up today, it would contain nearly 600 million citizens and its total [[land area]] would be over 26 million square km (making it the [[List of countries and outlying territories by total area|largest nation on Earth]]). |
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Its territorial claims would stretch from the [[North Pole]] in the north, to the [[Equator]] in the south, and from the Caribbean in the east, to the [[International Date Line]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the west. |
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==Criticisms of the Technocracy Technate concept== |
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Technocrats would argue that those in power, primarily politicians and boards of corporations, naturally form an organized opposition, since a Technate society would eliminate both the existing political system and the corporate system.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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Critics make the following claims regarding the technate design: |
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*There is no possible way to eliminate scarcity of products in modern society and unemployment is not a concern in relation to automation of industry, as other jobs will be created. |
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**Technocrats, on the other hand, see the current price system as inefficient and wasteful, and argue that the unemployment rate is not an accurate measure of the total number of people working and the amount of work being performed. In the United States, of those of working age, only 65% [[Participation rate|participate]] in the economy,<ref>{{cite web |
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| author = U.S. Department of Labor |
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| url = http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS11300000 |
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| title = Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey |
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| accessdate = 2006-04-09 |
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}}</ref> while European countries have an even smaller proportion.<ref>{{cite web |
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| author = European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions |
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| url = http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/definitions/LABOURFORCEPARTICIPATION.htm |
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| title = Labour force participation |
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| accessdate = 2006-12-28 |
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}}</ref> Moreover, a significant number of employees work in industries such as finance, advertising, and retail. Many of these jobs would disappear after the transition from a monetary economy to a technate design. Furthermore technocrats would claim that purchasing power in a price system is eroded by technology eliminating human labor and hence the underpinning of a consumer [[money]] society becomes dysfunctional, as jobs are lost to extraneous energy driven machines. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Urbanate]] |
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*[[Technocracy movement]] |
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*[[Technocracy technate design and thermodynamics]] |
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*[[Technocracy (bureaucratic)]] |
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*[[Artificial scarcity]] |
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*[[Post scarcity]] |
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*[[Energy Accounting]] |
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*[[Non-market economics]] |
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*[[Energy Survey of North America]] |
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*[[Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt]] |
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{{div col end}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.technocracy.org/ Technocracy Incorporated] (Official Website) |
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*[http://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html ''Historical Background and Development of Social Security''] from the U.S. [[Social Security Administration]] (see section ''Technocracy'') |
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*[http://www.technocracy.org/Archives/History%20&%20Purpose-r.htm ''History and Purpose of Technocracy'' published by TechInc, author Howard Scott] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Technocracy movement]] |
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[[Category:Thermodynamics]] |
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[[Category:Energy economics]] |
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[[Category:Heterodox economics]] |
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[[Category:Schools of economic thought and methodology]] |
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