[Uniqueuponhim]

I haven't yet read a heck of a lot about technocracy, but you all seem to think that it would have to be implemented on the scale of a continent in order to be completely self-sufficient, and it must be self-sufficient in order to work. My question is: why must it be completely self sufficient? You would be producing a large abundance of goods, potentially far more than the population of the country would ever need; therefore it seems you could easily export those goods in exchange for foreign currency, and use that foreign currency to buy the raw materials that aren't available in your country. It doesn't undermine the techocracy at all, or introduce any sort of market or capitalist system to the country in which the technocracy is present, as there is no need for any local currency in the process; you are essentially trading your excess goods for raw materials, simply with the middle-man of foreign currency, upon which other nations would be dependent for any sort of transaction to take place.

[Decky]

Dam that was a good answer

And I found it most enlightaning,thank you.