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Scientifictionist, v. 2, issue 1, November 1946-January 1947

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ed Technocracy in this noble Christian Democracy. However, it's not their lack of knowledge on the subject to which I take exception but rather the false accusations made on the basis of their ignorance and their proneness to condemn prior to investigation.

Tom Jewett's remarks are a typical example. That was a masterful statement and, of course, the result of using the scientific method. He admits the article on the Urbanate was completely over his head, and then makes the brilliant comment, "phooey". Referring to his first two paragraphs would seem to bear out the contention that approximately three percent of the population of this country is socially class conscious, while the balance is fairly evenly divided between those who are race and class conscious and those merely unconscious.

Speer's opening comment in referring to "The Urbanate" sounds like a quotation from Lil' Abner. Red-blooded Americans, indeed! Just what color, may we inquire, does Speer suppose the blood to be of that one-fifth or better of America's families who must exist on $1,000 a year or less, or of the thousands of homeless veterans and their families forced to endure unbelievable hardships and privations because of the incredible stupidity, criminal incompetence, chiseling and racketeering practiced by business and political leaders! Or does Speer, perhaps, consider this a necessary though evil adjunct of our system of private enterprise, along with crime, disease, greed, traffic slaughter, illiteracy and malnutrition -- all of which can be almost completely eliminated in the Technate.

As for the balance of his remarks, Speer is either reading into the article something which was not there, or else he is laboring under a lot of preconceived delusions as to life in the Technate. What possible connection there can be between an Urbanate and a termitary, except that each is a center of life, is difficult to imagine; while the following seven or eight conclusions, if they can be dignified as such, are sheer nonsense.

Speer's patronizing attitude in his concluding remarks is reminescent of the heckler who jeered Fulton's attempt to prove the worthiness of his Claremont by crying, "You'll never get it started". Disconcerted when the vessel began to move against the current, he consoled himself by shouting, "well, you'll never get it stopped."

Contrary to Speer's opinion, Technocracy is the most realistic approach to the solution of America's problems ever presented. It is social engineering, or, science applied to our social system; based on an energy survey of the entire continent, taking into consideration mineral and power resources, installed equipment, trained personnel, and yes, the human element, plus dozens of other factors that go to make up life on this continent. These are the things upon which our very lives are dependent, and no social program, regardless of how humanitarian or utopian in conception, would have a remote chance of successful operation without including these considerations in its synthesis.

For the benefit of Joe Kennedy and anyone else who is under the impression that Technocracy Inc. has set a definite date for the end of the Price System, may I say that no such official statement has ever been made. Technocracy Inc. has made predictions, a dozen or more of which have been fulfilled on or before the time set; and, from all indications, the fulfillment of the final one is not far off. Months rather than years, unless, of course, our enterprising Price System apologists succeed in embroiling us in another war to make the world safe for the status quo.

To Cameron who wishes to "stick to money and the vote", may I point out that in an economy of abundance which is the next most probable form of society on this continent, money will be totally useless; and the vote will only be employed when helping to select your immediate superior in the industrial or social sequence in which you work. In a larger sense, however, your vote will register in favor of the continued manufacture of maintenance of each article or service you "purchase" with your energy certificate. Voting for politicians, which has been defined as the collective approach to moronity, will be a thing of the past. In an engine-

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ed Technocracy in this noble Christian Democracy. However, it's not their lack of knowledge on the subject to which I take exception but rather the false accusations made on the basis of their ignorance and their proneness to condemn prior to investigation. Tom Jewett's remarks are a typical example. That was a masterful statement and, of course, the result of using the scientific method. He admits the article on the Urbanate was completely over his head, and then makes the brilliant comment, "phooey". Referring to his first two paragraphs would seem to bear out the contention that approximately three percent of the population of this country is socially class conscious, while the balance is fairly evenly divided between those who are race and class conscious and those merely unconscious. Speer's opening comment in referring to "The Urbanate" sounds like a quotation from Lil' Abner. Red-blooded Americans, indeed! Just what color, may we inquire, does Speer suppose the blood to be of that one-fifth or better of America's families who must exist on $1,000 a year or less, or of the thousands of homeless veterans and their families forced to endure unbelievable hardships and privations because of the incredible stupidity, criminal incompetence, chiseling and racketeering practiced by business and political leaders! Or does Speer, perhaps, consider this a necessary though evil adjunct of our system of private enterprise, along with crime, disease, greed, traffic slaughter, illiteracy and malnutrition -- all of which can be almost completely eliminated in the Technate. As for the balance of his remarks, Speer is either reading into the article something which was not there, or else he is laboring under a lot of preconceived delusions as to life in the Technate. What possible connection there can be between an Urbanate and a termitary, except that each is a center of life, is difficult to imagine; while the following seven or eight conclusions, if they can be dignified as such, are sheer nonsense. Speer's patronizing attitude in his concluding remarks is reminescent of the heckler who jeered Fulton's attempt to prove the worthiness of his Claremont by crying, "You'll never get it started". Disconcerted when the vessel began to move against the current, he consoled himself by shouting, "well, you'll never get it stopped." Contrary to Speer's opinion, Technocracy is the most realistic approach to the solution of America's problems ever presented. It is social engineering, or, science applied to our social system; based on an energy survey of the entire continent, taking into consideration mineral and power resources, installed equipment, trained personnel, and yes, the human element, plus dozens of other factors that go to make up life on this continent. These are the things upon which our very lives are dependent, and no social program, regardless of how humanitarian or utopian in conception, would have a remote chance of successful operation without including these considerations in its synthesis. For the benefit of Joe Kennedy and anyone else who is under the impression that Technocracy Inc. has set a definite date for the end of the Price System, may I say that no such official statement has ever been made. Technocracy Inc. has made predictions, a dozen or more of which have been fulfilled on or before the time set; and, from all indications, the fulfillment of the final one is not far off. Months rather than years, unless, of course, our enterprising Price System apologists succeed in embroiling us in another war to make the world safe for the status quo. To Cameron who wishes to "stick to money and the vote", may I point out that in an economy of abundance which is the next most probable form of society on this continent, money will be totally useless; and the vote will only be employed when helping to select your immediate superior in the industrial or social sequence in which you work. In a larger sense, however, your vote will register in favor of the continued manufacture of maintenance of each article or service you "purchase" with your energy certificate. Voting for politicians, which has been defined as the collective approach to moronity, will be a thing of the past. In an engine- page 14