Technocracy is the power of experts to discipline citizens.

Evidence

These experts felt a strong urge to shape people’s lives in order to comply with their transcendent discoveries. Ricci believed theoretical constructions should “be deemed not merely a luxury of the intellect, but necessary to explain and predict events, and essential to tame men.” … Blessed with unbiased knowledge, the pure economist has a moral duty to show citizens where they have gone wrong and correct them. Here lies the key to understanding technocracy, which etymologically means “power of the expert.” — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 216

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines technocracy as expert power over citizens, tying the ‘invisible order’ thesis to authority.
• XREF: connects to: Technocracy’s economic authority disarms citizens of agency to contest austerity — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 819; Possessing inside technical knowledge lets ordinary citizens feel superior to activists — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 989; Officials treat citizens as passive recipients of stored expert knowledge. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 1381