Italy's Conservative PM Georgia Meloni will likely turn to Technocrats to fill key Cabinet posts. She was swept in on a populist campaign but is shifting to Technopopulism, a dangerous blend of populism and Technocracy. TN has warned about Technopopulism for several years.
TN has warned in recent years on the dangers of Technopopulism, or the merging of Populism with Technocracy. The first authoritative book, Democracy by Disclosure: The Rise of Technopopulism by Mary Graham, visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, appeared in 2002.
Regarding the pandemic narrative, the author rightly concludes, "The scientists have actually been asked to make essentially political decisions. This has blown the idea that you can’t combine populism and technocracy out of the water."
The British pop rock band Tears for Fears started in 1981. It is doubtful that they knew how Britain would descend into tyranny in 2021 just 40 years later. Nevertheless, their hit song, Everybody Wants To Rule The World, now seems prescient
Prime Minister Boris "Mr. Brexit" Johnson has refined the concept of techno-populism by totally embracing Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy, and pushing radical global warming cutbacks on carbon emissions. If there were any resistance to this move, it is muted by draconian lockdowns over Covid.
Populists leans on Technocrats to "make things work" but it is often a conflicted and tumultuous partnership. Technocracy under Trump has made great strides in 5G, surveillance, Internet of Things, AI, Operation Warp Speed, etc. Whether Technopopulism or liberal Technocracy, Technocrats win in the end.
That Scientism and Populism are "evil twins of civic discourse that drive out the sober and deliberative judgments that can help a nation hold together and flourish" is almost an understatement.
As feared, Techno-populism is soaring in Britain as Boris Johnson is takes a swan dive off the 10-meter board straight into climate change hysteria and a Green New Deal for England.
No 2020 presidential candidate presents the pure Technocrat plus pure Populist platform better than Andrew Yang. He is notably different than the extreme socialist or leftist candidates and should be recognized as a Techno-populist.
Italy's populist movement continues to embrace Technocracy to form a natural alliance called 'Technopopulism'. The first TN articles appeared in mid-2018, and now the globalist Financial Times has noticed.