Technocracy movement (Ajax)
The Technocracy Movement was an international political movement across Ajax that called for the substitution of bureaucrats by technical experts. It was first pioneered by Tsurushimese engineer Seto Nobuyuki, who wrote a series of newspaper articles calling for an end to the price system, and replacement of all bureaucracy. He wanted to create a "Soviet of Engineers" [a], where technical experts run the economy and government.
The aims of Technocracy could be summed up in a few words, "total abolition of the price system, and bureaucratic domination". Technocratic thinkers expanded on these words to create two schools of Technocracy: the Social Creditors, and the futurists. The Social Creditors believed the price system cannot be abolished, so instead the state should redistribute surpluses back to the populace, the Futurists believed that new technology led to the creation of hyperreal images and myths - which can be used to mobilize the population towards constant technical advancement, and eventually the post-human. These schools primarily fought over the radicalism of the movement - should it be an attempt to reshape humanity as we know it, or simply stop sabotage [b]
His ideas gained a wide following all over the world, and in 1926 the first Technocracy International was held. The International published the first proper 'Manifesto of Technocracy', created a society known as Technokult, and saw the first splinter sects develop. Technocracy would become a major political force in its own right, collaborating with other moderate leftist parties to achieve their aims. The Technocrats would go on to become a major political force in nations such as Tsurushima and North Ottonia.