- 29 Feb 2004 09:25
#114551
Marx's inability to recognize the difference between technology and industry is clearly shown in the Manifesto of the Communist Party where he states: "This [Proleterian] union is helped on by the improved means of communication that are created by modern industry and that place the workers of different localities in contact with one another." Then he goes on to say: "And that [Proleterian] union, to attain which the burghers of the Middle Ages, with their miserable highways, required centuries, the modern proletarians, thanks to railways, achieve in a few years."
The above is the only reference which is made in the Manifesto of the Communist Party on technology and its affects, other than in production of course. Marx was able to recognize how the Industrial Revolution affected society, but his imagination was limited by the time in which he lived.
What does our future hold? Automation of course! Is it really difficult to imagine that in the future machines will do basically everything, leaving only jobs that require a superior education? We must adapt to this technology that will inevitably produce complete automation, or perish.
If it is possible for you to go beyond the property question and to realize that science and technology is not something that can be stopped, then Technocracy is for you.
You will know that you understand Technocracy when you realize that comparing it to any other existing governance is impossible.
The above is the only reference which is made in the Manifesto of the Communist Party on technology and its affects, other than in production of course. Marx was able to recognize how the Industrial Revolution affected society, but his imagination was limited by the time in which he lived.
What does our future hold? Automation of course! Is it really difficult to imagine that in the future machines will do basically everything, leaving only jobs that require a superior education? We must adapt to this technology that will inevitably produce complete automation, or perish.
If it is possible for you to go beyond the property question and to realize that science and technology is not something that can be stopped, then Technocracy is for you.
You will know that you understand Technocracy when you realize that comparing it to any other existing governance is impossible.