``Give Us the Truth'' -- What an Interesting Idea!

L. W. Nicholson

1997

Published in:

Technocracy Digest, 2nd quarter 1997, No. 324

``Give us the truth'' was the title of an editorial in a South Carolina newspaper where they were discussing U.S. politics. ``Secret deals are the essence of American politics.'' (Read also, Canadian politics.) ``The long-standing tradition of political deals struck in smoke-filled rooms where king-makers rule and the average voter is a mere statistic, is one that will never die.

``We like to think that we have matured. The key words in modern political circles are phrases like `coalition building', `voter appeal'. New power groups -- women, blacks and other minorities, especially, -- have emerged, giving the political scene a different look. But has the game really changed?

``The answer to that question -- if we believe a fraction of what we are learning in the news these days -- is a resounding no. In fact, if what we hear is even possible, then American (Ed. and Canadian) politics may have reached so low that Richard Nixon and his men will forevermore be considered amateurs.''

Oh, yes! Give us the truth -- What an interesting idea! But how many would be willing to believe the truth if it disagreed with the things they had been taught since childhood, or if it could result in a loss of profit?

Wouldn't it be great if our educational system was allowed, and required, to educate us concerning that most fundamental part of the educational process: a simple method for determining the difference between that which is so, and that which may very well not be so? Wouldn't we then be able to recognize the futility of the political method, whether it be of either the right or the left? Wouldn't we then be able to see that the world's present economic system is based on a myth?

In science, we are already taught that the only information which can be depended upon is that which is verifiable by some type of physical measurement. If the information is not verifiable by measurement, it may not be so. In science, a fact is a close agreement of a series of careful observations of the same phenomenon that can be verified. And, only facts are accepted as a criteria of truth.

The application of this scientific method, which has been so successful in this technological age, should be just as successful in providing an understanding of the politico-economic system. This should also give us the ``truth'' in this field. In fact -- it is a fact -- that the scientists who founded Technocracy Inc., have already done so, and their resulting information is so different than the political myths that we have been taught to believe, that many refuse to acknowledge it could be so. Nevertheless, the predictions and statements made by Technocracy during the past sixty years, have, and are, occurring, as predicted. The deterioration of the financial institutions in the U.S. and Canada, is only a part of the economic collapse now in progress.

Economic trends, based on financial trends alone, are not enough to determine the direction of a highly technological society. The physical trends that shape America's growth, also shape the economic trends. And, we must consider the fact that no physical growth can continue increasing forever. Therefore, an economic system designed to operate on the continuous growth of its physical operations, cannot continue forever.