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While this topic does not fit perfectly into the ideals and theories of technocracy, It has become a very prominent issue and cannot be ignored by any political ideology. Much of this theory also applies to various other groups in society and most likely will be relevant when a new group of people is marginalized or mistreated. In a society that uses distorted science to justify human rights violations and systematic mistreatment of groups of people they marginalize, I feel that technocrats need to speak up and make their positions known. Scientific research has shown brain differences in transgender individuals and current hypotheses state that hormone levels affect the brain of the person during development in different ways than the person’s body, and that there may be other genetic or prenatal differences that contribute towards a person becoming transgender. It is also noted that being transgender is intrinsic and support from family can lower the risk of self-harm or ideation from 60% to 4%. Many of the motivations that some individuals have to try and force transgender people to conform to their own ideas of gender or expression come from right-wing extremist or religious ideologies that have yet to be proven by unbiased science. Even the argument about chromosomes causes many real scientists to shake their heads due to many cisgender people sometimes having varied chromosomes or variations that make their chromosomes different from the assumed standard.

Additionally, technocrats must be aware of how the mistreatment of transgender people is being executed and justified by society. There exist claims of transgender people engaging in sexual crimes or using transition as an excuse to enter the bathrooms of the opposite gender, but the actions that the people suggest as solutions show that they are not honest about their own motives. Instead of gender neutral bathrooms or security to protect anyone in bathrooms from harassment, they go on to put bounties on transgender people in public bathrooms (Texas) or simply pass laws that allow for the arrest and detention of any person who uses a bathroom that does not match the gender assigned to them at birth (Florida). Trans people are not the first group of people to be denied access to bathrooms under shaky pretenses. Black Americans were historically forced to use separate bathrooms under Jim Crow and the justification at the time was just as unconvincing as the ones being used in the present day. The politicization of people’s human rights is a common tactic used by extremist groups and this kind of thinking should not be validated or it can empower bad actors to do more and more harm as well as give encouragement to hate groups. Historically, making the rights of any group of people into a political issue with different parties measuring the pros and cons has been itself harmful to the group while also allowing the society to descend into more barbaric behavior. In a society that has a history of internment camps (Japanese during the second world war and modern ICE facilities) I am very reluctant to yield to anyone wanting to make another person’s existence into a political issue.

While a technocracy is not typically equipped to handle social or cultural problems, technocrats make policy decisions based on experts and science, and this is an issue where the science does not support what is currently being done to a marginalized group of people, and most likely never will. Some people may feel the issue is too sensitive, some people may find it off the topic of technocracy, but being a technocrat means promoting the use of science and data in government policies so I cannot sit idly by when primitive appeals to religion or hatred of people are used by the regime to harass and bully people who need our support.

People view Howard Scott’s model of technocracy as being outdated, ideological, or in some way not as good as just putting the experts in charge regardless of the government system that exists. We live under capitalism, so the experts are going to say that the best course of action is to give all the political power to billionaires or other departments or organization that are indirectly controlled by billionaires since these people have always exerted undue influence on many parts of society, especially in the United States where plutocracy is the way that the government operates and major privately owned corporations are the ones who provide funding and resources to all of the elected representatives.

Even members of the ruling class in America such as Elon Musk see themselves as technocrats because since they have the funds to conduct and facilitate research, they can simply justify the policies they want by controlling the scientific studies that they conduct and pay for. In their minds, they would be running a country with scientific governance but the science would be so influenced by them to cherry pick their desired policies, that it would be no different than the systems we have now. The only difference is that anything that the ruling class wanted would be justified with some biased studies.

The scientific method does not exist in a vacuum and with enough studies done to get the conclusion they want, any nation on the planet could claim to be a technocracy. And if we are defining technocracy as the rule of experts in general, why would any government not just claim their politicians are experts in politics since they know how the political systems work and gain power within them? Even an anti-science regime like America could claim to have technocratic principles since they have different agencies managing over things like the environment or public health. Technocratic principles themselves are good, but any successful government needs some scientifically based principles simply to stay in power because without them any policies put out would be completely unhinged nonsense.

I’m not saying it’s bad or that anyone is wrong for calling themselves a technocrat if they aren’t following the model of Howard Scott or Energy Accounting, but I think that you’re just pro-science and pro-meritocracy. Both of those things are good, but I think that if your technocratic goals can be satisfied under any government system, why be a technocrat? It is almost like being a Marxist-Leninist solely for the desire to get universal healthcare. It is technically correct, but your goals are relatively moderate which makes participation in a more radical ideology feel out of place. Additionally, any changes made to further technocratic principles can be undone by the ruling classes of capitalist regimes since the billionaires would continue to hold all of the wealth and power.

This does technically make Technocracy an ideology, but that just means a set of ideas and principles. Even a set of beliefs that lead you to avoid having an ideology is paradoxically an ideology. As such, nobody who is conditioned to live in a society is free from ideology which makes the whole conversation pointless. I do not mean to put down the non-ideological technocrats or those who think differently, but I hope I have successfully illustrated why the Technocracy movement exists in the form that it does.

Traditionally, very dark rituals were done to connect with death such as drinking blood or consuming the flesh of dead bodies. That isn’t vegan if you consider human corpses to be animal products and can even get you into legal trouble. However in the modern times, there are some fun, easy recipes that can be used in place of human flesh and bones.

The first and most obvious alternative is to use Tofu or soy products. You can even buy the beans and go through the process of turning them into milk, tofu, or beans which will be charged with intention and the working will be empowered by the extra time spent working on making your own product. A good option is also Tempeh because on top of being made from soy, it is also fermented which helps a connection to death energy since that is also what happens to corpses.

Speaking of fermentation, Kimchi or Kombucha are great options since they go through the process. Although fermented vegetables or any fermented vegan food is good for this, Kimchi is spicy and usually fermented for a long time before it is sold, so it’s an easy thing to pick up from the store and use.

For the bones you would collect in order to perform spells, rituals, or protection you can use driftwood or the resin bones that were never alive and are made from synthetic materials. Even dead plants, leaves, and tree barks work since they were once alive.

If you want to get really intense, you can invite a ghost or dead spirit inside of a doll or stuffed toy to interact with it. Of course this means it cannot be used by children and becomes a religious object. It must also be respected and in some cases salted or a barrier kept around it to keep the spirit inside from lashing out.

And as far as souls, it is possible to perform necromancy with the souls of plants and trees that have died, as well as the souls of moss, fungus, or other non-animal organisms. There are many coral ghosts because of the bleaching of coral reefs, and this provides much for a vegan necromancer to work with. It is also very easy to perform a vegan sacrifice since you would just take a dagger and cut open a watermelon or squash in a ritual circle to sacrifice it. Many spirits and gods also take dark chocolate since it has a similar content to human blood, and this is a traditional sacrifice to dark spirits such as demons alongside wine.

It goes without saying you must be spiritually protected and mentally prepared to do this. You should also note that a lack of results or becoming anxious before they come (Which sabotages your manifestation) is the first sign of spiritual protection not being sufficient to accomplish your manifestation.

You need coffee, flour, salt and sugar for this. You can use other sweeteners but I recommend natural ones since modern chemical sweeteners can be unpredictable in rituals. This spell makes a ceremonial ghost bread so I have not considered nutrition and the sugar and caffeine content is sky high. It will also probably come out super hard and pale because I have no idea how to bake.

First, put flour into a bowl. You can add water but ghosts need caffeine to interact with the world so it’s recommended to use as much coffee as possible and as strongly brewed as possible. The next step is to add salt to purify the ghosts of any negative energy, so add a lot of salt into the mixture. Then add lots of sugar, honey, or maple syrup to sweeten the ghosts. Mix it with a spoon until it gets thick enough to bake, and then put it in the oven, preferably on top of an aluminum foil sheet.

Wait 30 minutes or so until it gets hard, then put it outside or on a shrine and then light incense next to it and call upon the spirits of the dead to come and eat. Joss incense works best but any works. You can also use the ghost bread for your own ancestors. This bread creates gratitude in the hearts of the spirits and as they enjoy it, they will give you their aid and blessings. This is very rewarding but it can be heavy energetically, so pace yourself and make sure you are spiritually ready when you do this working because the dea can drain you in subtle ways.