the loveliest technocracy in fiction is Ankh-Morpork, a fantasy of Havelock Vetinari (a bigger author self-insert Marty Stu than Kvothe) being able to maintain the skills to keep control of the city and the skills to operate the city both at peak because they're the same skills
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evil overlords are best overlords because when everybody recognizes that governance is an evil activity, somewhat more people have the sense not to fucking ask for more of it
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so it's a theoretically-excellent system that is very difficult to implement such that failed attempts cause enormous harm? inb4 "real technocracy has never been tried"
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lol owned what i'm really saying is that it has been tried, whenever systems are under the control of people with actual deep expertise in them, which happens only by accident and lasts only as long as it flies under the radar, but is remembered afterward as a golden age
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I HAVE A SPECIAL MIND A ROBO SEX BRAIN I SHALL FUCK US INTO BIONICLE TECHNOCRACY
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well you've got my vote
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