How to Concede to China #1 Power Position

     It has been widely believed that there should be appointed a successor to the United States as the most powerful nation in the world.  Under globalization, the prime movers of the planet are the influential financiers, especially those in Germany, many of whom believe the United States has become effete.

     I am taking an OLLI class on the subject TOPICS, led by S. Lewis, at the University of Texas at El Paso.  There I recently argued that the US has an especial role on the political international scene, one that could not easily be assumed by any other country.  For the US is promulgating even as it is developing, the system of technocracy, in which what are typically taken to be political decisions are relegated to some technocatic domain, where persons gain universal training along generally accepted policies that enable them to make technical decisions in areas of government, industry--for the good of society. 

     With the proliferation of think-tanks in government have arisen a cadre of technocrats that occupy leadership roles in governmental agencies, e.g., the EPA; but not only are technocats to be found in such positions, but also in the military (with the advancement of military science); and in decision-making positions in business and industry, where science and technology are revered.  The sharp maneuvers of the Federal Reserve during the financial banking crisis of 2008 demonstrate the way in which technocrats can institute remedy in any field of endeavor involving transactions among the citizenry; and can install technological improvements.

     I say that technocracy is an evolving, developing concept that, if the US is given reign in human affairs, will mean a boon to problem-solving and societal progress.  It was first enunciated by John Dewey, the American philosopher at Columbia University in the 1930s.  It is the wave of the future that should become pervasive world-wide; but without the acquiesence of nations to US leadership this advantage to human progress will be dropped, perhaps lost.  Critical to this project are the use of capital to promote innovation; and regulatory rules enforced in all fields of endeavor by mankind..  Particularly, the US business  environment is a unique backdrop, where venture capital furthers social adoption of technological advances.