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[[Stuart Chase]], an early member of the [[Technical Alliance]], was also an ardent [[socialist]]. Alexander Bogdanov, who advocated a system called ''Tektology'' which bears a marked resemblance to ''technocracy'', was a socialist as well.
[[Stuart Chase]], an early member of the [[Technical Alliance]], was also an ardent [[socialist]]. Alexander Bogdanov, who advocated a system called ''Tektology'' which bears a marked resemblance to ''technocracy'', was a socialist as well.
===Redistribution of Ergs===
Under the system proposed by technocrats,<ref name=lifeintechnocracy /> the "price system" would be replaced by what they viewed as a more "rational" approach: the use of an energy unit. Technocrats viewed man power as a stable, quantifiable energy unit<ref>[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006517511 Roosevelt and technocracy]</ref> that would be less prone to fluctuation than a commodities-based dollar. In addition, they believed that a "high tax"<ref name=lifeintechnocracy /> system with government giving everybody an allowance of 20,000 x-ergs would guarantee series of government services such as water, schooling, and protection.<ref name=lifeintechnocracy />
===Meritocracy or Authoritarianism===
===Meritocracy or Authoritarianism===