No, it is not -- mainly because it proceeds from entirely different premises than either socialism or communism. Technocracy originated out of a circumstance of technologically-produced disemployment. Research indicated that increasing technological disemployment would render impossible the distribution of sufficient consuming power in salaries and wages to buy back the products of increasingly efficient machines.

Liberty Round Table strategy is not utopian. The most radical thing about the LRT vision is that it doesn't condemn mankind for perceived "baseness", nor does it depend on the sudden appearance of superhuman wisdom and benevolence. LRT does not claim that all evil and sadness will disappear if people would but follow us. All we are saying is that things will be better if we try to align human institutions so that they are consistent with human nature. Personally, I am an optimist.

The word "communism" means different things to different people and has both a scientific definition and a very non-scientific (ie: bullshit ) definition that is commonly used and believed. The following chart may help to clarify:

The word "socialism" also means many different things to different people. There is a scientific definition and at least two commonly believed bullshit definitions. The following chart may help:

Exception: A form of primitive communism existed within primitive communal societies in prehistoric times

Same as above. Scientific socialism (ie: the rule of society by the working class) has never existed (except in embryonic form such as the Paris Commune of 1871 or the early period of the 1917 revolution in Russia). The words "communism" and "socialism" are commonly mis-used to describe a society in which a popular revolution against the ruling class and foreign imperialism results in a radical transformation of property relations and an improvement in the living conditions of the masses.

In both cases the pain is felt in the wrist and first three fingers. When the muscles of the forearm are in spasm from a repetitive strain, you will get pain in your wrist. Also, when muscles that cross over the median nerve are in spasm and press down onto the nerve, you get numbness in your fingers. RSI is frequently misdiagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome because of this reason.

Briefly, Technocracy is science applied to the social order. Science concerns itself with the determination of the most probable in any field of knowledge, be it chemistry, engineering or social phenomena. Technocracy, then, concerns itself with the determination of the most probable in the field of social science -- the determination of the most probable state of society.

Technocracy Inc. is a non-profit membership organization incorporated under the laws of the State of New York. It is a Continental Organization. It is not a financial racket nor a political party. Technocracy Inc. operates only on the North American Continent through the structure of its own Continental Headquarters, Regional Divisions, Sections, and Organizers as a self-disciplined, self-controlled organization.

Smile. Wikipedia defines communism as "Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization". The fact that we will distribute the profit based on the credits you have earned means it is not classles and not stateless. I like them as well and there is nothing wrong with them.

National Socialism is simply the application of the laws of Nature-the operating laws of God in this universe-to human affairs. As such, it incorporates a specific and special call to Aryankind.

Some Western press and politicos have been saying that "Communism is dead" and that North Korea is the only remaining "Stalinist" country - which too is about to collapse. The fact is that Communism is very much alive. Communism has not died, but it's main ideas have been absorbed into other political ideologies, just as pre-Christ religious beliefs were gradually adapted into Christianity and other religions (In fact, on e finds many Christian ideals in Communism.

Starting in May 1994, there was a thread on the TML regarding the definition of a Feudal Technocracy (Government Type 5) in Traveller. It originated as a spin-off from a discussion between David Johnson and Hans Rancke about the Sword Worlds. It became clear that different people had very different ideas about what was and was not a Feudal Technocracy. Hans favoured emphasising the feudal aspect while David emphasised the technocratic aspect, using the term 'practise of technology'.

There are three basic conclusions. The first is that there exists on the North American Continent a physical potential in resources to produce a high standard of goods and services for all citizens, and that the high-speed technology for converting these resources to use-forms in sufficient volume is already installed, and that the skilled personnel for operating it are present and available. Yet we have unprecedented insecurity, extensive poverty and rampant crime.

Technocracy has published much literature during its 65 or so years. Most of this has been in the forms of pamphlets, information briefs, and magazines. There are, however, two primary books that are published by Technocracy, and incidentally provide the best written source of information on the topic, and it is highly encouraged that you read at least one of them. The first one written in called the Technocracy Study Course.

Becoming a member of Technocracy is still the best way to learn about it. Should one decide that they no longer desire to be a member, they can leave probably more easily than they got in. Those who wish to learn more about Technocracy may decide to become members. However, membership primarily benefits those who have investigated and accepted Technocracy's conclusions and desire to show their support.

BC: No. Both capitalism and communism are man-made, but in response to ideas sent into the mind-belt by Hierarchy. There are no plans to 'unite' these two systems. The key to their eventual correct relationship lies in the acceptance of the principle of sharing. BC: First of all, I am sure it is not the aim of communism that "we all become equally poor" but simply equal.

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In its present application, it¹s just the opposite. It¹s being used as a tool for "free enterprise" and fierce competition. A socialist health plan would guarantee access for all Americans. There is nothing required of managed care that would lead to universal access.

Socialism is evil because it denies the origin of life, the Creator, and replaces it with humanism/naturalism, which claims that the supreme goodness is in human and it does not emanate from God.

No. Every member of the Church is excommunicated automatically from it, once socialism is adopted as a conviction.Because it contradicts the Credo of our belief. They are incompatible.

While National Socialism had many fine aspects in relation to community-orientated politics, environmentalism, technological innovation, active encouragement of a healthy life-style, racial-genetic improvement, cultural and traditional preservation, etc.... it was a complete catastrophe for Europe with its Jingoistic aggressive need for "living space" and dogmatic self-righteous national glorification against its own race of people living outside its national boundaries.

Self-management means having a say over decisions that affect you; it means having control over your life. This means people being able to collectively manage the industries they work in; it also means controlling the places you live in. Corporate hierarchies in industry would be dismantled and replaced by workers direct management, through democratic industrial organizations rooted in face-to-face meetings. To most people in the U.S., "socialism" means the government running things.

Ask most people what socialism means and they will point to the former Soviet Union, China, Cuba and a host of other authoritarian, centralised and oppressive party dictatorships. These regimes have in common two things. Firstly, the claim that their rulers are Marxists or socialists. Secondly, that they have successfully alienated millions of working class people from the very idea of socialism.

Some Marxists, such as the International Socialist Tendency, like to portray their tradition as being "socialism from below." Under "socialism from below," they place the ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky, arguing that they and they alone have continued this, the true, ideal of socialism (Hal Draper's essay "The Two Souls of Socialism" seems to have been the first to argue along these lines).

discussed in the last section, Marx and Engels left their followers with an ambiguous legacy. On the one hand, there are elements of "socialism from below" in their politics (most explicitly in Marx's comments on the libertarian influenced Paris Commune). On the other, there are distinctly centralist and statist themes in their work. From this legacy, Leninism took the statist themes. Which explains why anarchists think the idea of Leninism being "socialism from below" is incredible.