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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ZenithTSF on 2023-07-06 12:21:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL there was a briefly popular social movement in the early 1930s called the “Technocracy Movement.” Technocrats proposed replacing politicians and businessmen with scientists and engineers who had the expertise to manage the economy.