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Mo_Steel posted:
It was never developed, even though it easily could be, because middle class people decided that reducing the number of household chores isn't as cool as paying Mexicans to do them.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:If you took the time to find examples, I wouldn't be surprised if you could find some variation dating back much further into the past. Wasn't 'A Modest Proposal' for example a satirical attack on the social-engineering ideas of the early 18th century? I think the only question is whether the Age of Enlightenment is as far back as you can go, or if perhaps you can go all the way back to the beginning of the scientific revolution, or even all the way back to the very first engineers. I mean, technocracy proper is tied to ideas about the role and function of technology that aren't all that old. But the idea that maybe we should just have really smart people figure out the perfect way to run society dates back to Plato.
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