Technoliberalism

Technoliberalism
Why can't technocrats and liberals get together?
Basic Information
Aliases	TechLib TechLibtard Smart Liberal United Federationism
Alignments	Center Culturally Left Capitalists Liberals Environmentalists
Ideological Influences
Influenced by	Technocracy Liberalism
Ideological Information
Notable Theorists	Adam Fish, UK, 2017
Character Information
Likes	Markets Liberty Decentralization Crypto NIT The Environment STEM Snowden WikiLeaks Estonia Andrew Yang
Dislikes	Luddites Anti-science Authority Oil and Gas Mass surveillance NSA

Technoliberalism, or TechLib is a centrist ideology leaning on the libertarian right quadrant. They believe in the ideals of liberty, self-awareness, individuality, decentralization and responsibility while developing technologies that is available to the general public and the five core interests of technoliberalism such as construction of government, environmentalism, economics, education and science and civil liberties.

History

In the book Technoliberalism and the End of Participatory Culture in the United States, Adam Fish describes technoliberalism as the belief that network technologies reduce the contradictions of a society that nurtures both the free market of economic liberalism and the social welfare of Social Liberalism. Thus, technoliberalism has some connections with Neoliberalism.

At the heart of the philosophy of technoliberalism as a belief and movement is "a predominant belief in technology, a suspicion of traditional modernist institutions, and the belief that the cumulative consequences of individual involvement in technology will generate social benefits." The main beliefs of this ideology correspond to five main interests: Construction of the Government, education and science, economics, environment and civil liberties. They include:

• Protecting the freedom of individuals while preserving the freedom of others.
• Free markets with strict rules.
• Fair taxation, especially for big companies.
• Protecting planet by strictly regulating the damage to the environment.
• The power of small and medium businesses.
• Freedom of speech and communication technologies.
• Emphasis on technological advances, not on the status quo.

How to Draw

Symbol of Technoliberalism

Like Technocracy, TechLib is simple to draw.

1. Draw a ball.
2. Draw a yin yang symbol in light grey and dark midnight blue.
3. Draw in the eyes.

You're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Light Grey	#BFBFBF	191, 191, 191
	Dark midnight blue	#003366	0, 51, 102

Relations

Friends

• Liberalism - Human rights is a necessity for the world.
• Capitalism - Free markets should in fact, spread across all corners around the world.
• Environmentalism - Our planet must be protected.
• Civil Libertarianism - Protecting the individual's freedom while respecting others, I like that.
• Regulationism - Fair regulation and fair taxation.
• Eco-Capitalism - Wonderful. Just needs some regulation.

Frenemies

• Technocracy - I do like his sentiment of being intelligent, but why do you argue with me for supporting liberal ideas? Isn't how this world should run?
• Austrolibertarianism - You do realize that free market needs some regulation in order to functon properly?

Enemies

• Anarcho-Primitivism - Civilization is important for the being. If there isn't any civilization, it will be chaos, allowing anyone to do what they desire. For the technological scale, it is too low, making life primitive and harder to live, as well as a shorter lifespan. These 2 characteristics of yours make life much harder as we know it.
• Neoluddism - I'm not entirely sure on how exactly you want to get rid of all the technology in the world...
• Socialism - Please stop protesting. If you want a raise next week, you need to stop protesting and do your science experiments.
• Democratic Socialism - You're not actually democratic, socialism just makes things not-so democratic. I hope you understand what I said.
• Conservative Socialism - You're even worse than the other two...
• Industrialism - Please follow my environmental regulations.
• Right-Wing Populism - Will you please quit spreading all this climate change denial rhetoric?
• Pol Potism - Absolutely disgusting.

Further Information

Articles

• Five theses on technoliberalism and the networked public sphere
• The Surrogate Effect: Technoliberalism and Whiteness in a “Post” Labor Era
• Technoliberalism and the End of Participatory Culture in the United States (Article about the book)

Literature

• Technoliberalism and the End of Participatory Culture in the United States by Adam Fish

Wikipedia

• Technoliberalism