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====Autocrat of the New Age====

====Autocrat of the New Age====

Like the Technocracy movement that followed it, Smyth's ideals were inherently anti-capitalist, and he envisioned technocracy as a new kind of autocracy that would control society.  Because of their skills and training, they would make the best decisions on behalf of society.<ref>[Smyth, Technocracy, Human Instincts in Reconstruction], "The signs of the times portend the dethroning of decadent acquisitive capitalism and the crowning of productive skill - Autocrat of the new Age - Artizanism."</ref>

Like the Technocracy movement that followed it, Smyth's ideals were inherently anti-capitalist, and he envisioned technocracy as a new kind of autocracy that would control society.  Because of their skills and training, they would make the best decisions on behalf of society.<ref>[Smyth, Technocracy, Human Instincts in Reconstruction], "The signs of the times portend the dethroning of [[decadent]] acquisitive capitalism and the crowning of productive skill - Autocrat of the new Age - Artizanism."</ref>

[[Image:Silver red monad.png|thumb|80px|right|The monad of Technocracy Inc.]]

[[Image:Silver red monad.png|thumb|80px|right|The monad of Technocracy Inc.]]

===Technocracy Movement===

===Technocracy Movement===

A second group of technocrats in the 1930s, led by Howard Scott and Marion King Hubbert, built what was at the time known as the Technocracy Movement.<ref name=utopianism />  One of the big topics was the "price system", and replacing it with a unit that was more measurable, such as joules or ergs.<ref name=lifeintechnocracy>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1kvifvNro9MC&pg=PA55 Life in a Technocracy: What it Might be Like]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdflsAHqnQIC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3 More: The Politics of Economic Growth in Postwar America]</ref>  Scott became the first Chief Engineer of the Alliance.<ref>[http://archives.library.ualberta.ca/FindingAids/Technocracy/Technocracy.html Administrative History of Technocracy Inc.]</ref>

A second group of technocrats in the 1930s, led by Howard Scott and Marion King Hubbert, built what was at the time known as the Technocracy Movement.<ref name=utopianism />  One of the big topics was the "price system", and replacing it with a unit that was more measurable, such as joules or ergs.<ref name=lifeintechnocracy>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1kvifvNro9MC&pg=PA55 Life in a Technocracy: What it Might be Like]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdflsAHqnQIC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3 More: The Politics of Economic Growth in Postwar America]</ref>  Scott became the first Chief Engineer of the Alliance.<ref>[http://archives.library.ualberta.ca/FindingAids/Technocracy/Technocracy.html Administrative History of Technocracy Inc.]</ref>