Quite a lot of people in the West, particularly of the engineering sort, are open to the idea that China’s technocratic path is superior in an NRx type way. However, these people also tend to believe that the technocrats of the EU are the same as China’s technocrats. Wrong.
-
-
Actual NRx people would see the EU as the opposite of a true technocracy. It’s a sort of sham technocracy that oversees anarcho-tyranny or bureaucratic misfunction.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
To be fair, the pure engineering, ‘human calculator’ types can be incredibly obtuse on ideological matters. I think they just go through uni & professional like with the mindset that politics isn’t their business. Yet the Trotsky dictum still holds...
-
I used to think that, but then I realised it was my own snobbery. In reality, they see the situation most clearly and without the distortion of ideology. From Arafat to Thatcher, engineers make excellent leaders. They combine mathematical precision with practicality.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.