After Hours Technocratic Government

ibarelycare

I was checking Paddy Power for various odds on the general election. There are odds of 40/1 for us to have a technocratic government. I didn't know what this meant, but wikipedia tells me this:

Technocracy is a form of government in which engineers, scientists, health professionals and other technical experts are in control of decision making in their respective fields. The term technocracy derives from the Greek words tekhne meaning skill and kratos meaning power, as in government, or rule. Thus the term technocracy denotes a system of government where those who have knowledge, expertise or skills compose the governing body. In a technocracy decision makers would be selected based upon how highly knowledgeable they are, rather than how much political capital they hold.

So basically, a minister can be appointed who is not a politician. I think this is a very interesting concept, but couldn't be bothered trying to have an intelligent conversation about it as I am ignorant of most things political.


So I put it to the members of After Hours...who would you have in your technocratic government?


Fr Brendan Comiskey as Minister for Children?
Jedward as Ministers for Education?
Eamonn Dunphy as Minister for Sport?

seamus

Mary Harney as Minister for Health

Oh wait....

TheZohanS

O' Leary as minister for transport.

Kasabian

ibarelycare wrote: »

I was checking Paddy Power for various odds on the general election. There are odds of 40/1 for us to have a technocratic government. I didn't know what this meant, but wikipedia tells me this:



So basically, a minister can be appointed who is not a politician. I think this is a very interesting concept, but couldn't be bothered trying to have an intelligent conversation about it as I am ignorant of most things political.


So I put it to the members of After Hours...who would you have in your technocratic government?


Fr Brendan Comiskey as Minister for Children?
Jedward as Ministers for Education?
Eamonn Dunphy as Minister for Sport?

Isn't there enough cronyism in Irish politics already?

phill106

Hold on, get people who are qualified in their fields to be ministers of that field!
What kind of madness are we talking here!

darragh16

TheZohan wrote: »

O' Leary as minister for transport.

Michael O'Leary as minister for everything.

Saadyst

How would you decide who is the most skilled in a field, and, if they are the most skilled for decades - would you have that same person as minister for so long?

Aodan83

Jack Kevorkian as Minister for Health.

yeppydeppy

Sounds like a great idea, if only it could really happen, that or a good old fashioned dictatorship anything other than the inept idiots we currently have to choose from.

Gunsfortoys

There are a lot of credible people in the country that could make a technocratic government work, but Irish people and change don't go well together.

CrazyRabbit

Hell, if it's open to everyone, then I'll take the role of Minister for Justice myself. I own several pairs of handcuffs, so I'm more qualified that the existing minister already.

enda1

The Taoiseach can already appoint some Government ministers who have never gone for election in any house of the Oireahtas. Ala Gareth Fitzgerald I believe. Some positions are exempt I beleieve, Finance being one and maybe Justice? Though I don't remember.

Dravokivich

Aodan83 wrote: »

Jack Kevorkian as Minister for Health.

his free scarfs is deffo a policy i agree with.

Screaminmidget

Jackie Healy rae in charge of Farming Agriculture.

The real question though is would someone with the nessecary qualifications Take the jobs?

DOC09UNAM

Christy Brown would have made a great minister of transport.

chillywilly

darragh16 wrote: »

Michael O'Leary as minister for everything.

You mean Taoiseach?

funk-you

Hmmm, I'm an engineer in work and a tyrant in the bedroom. This could work well for me.

-Funk

Colmo52

Seanie Fitz as the Minister For Finance.

chillywilly

Brian Cowen for Minister of General Mayhem.

Colmo52

Eamonn o cuiv- Minister for ZZZzzzzzZZZzzz

prinz

Scooter as Minister of the Fisheries...

Pace2008

prinz wrote: »

Scooter as Minister of the Fisheries...

Sorry to be a pedant, but I'm a huge fan of electronic music so I feel obliged to point this out every time it crops up:

Techno is not a catch-all term covering all forms of dance music. It's a specific subgenre and if one's not into EDM it's quite likely they've never hard a techno song in their life.

I guess Scooter would be considered happy hardcore or Eurodance.

I'm wary of telling people I'm into techno as there's good chance doing so will immediately conjure up images of me getting down to Basshunter and Cascada.

Amber Lamps

pamela izevbekhai as minister for immigration

prinz

Pace2008 wrote: »

Sorry to be a pedant, but I'm a huge fan of electronic music so I feel obliged to point this out every time it crops up:
Techno is not a catch-all term covering all forms of dance music..

Well their own site is http//:www.scootertechno.com so I'll leave it at that for now.

EGriff

I doubt people at the top of their fields in science and engineering would want ministerial jobs. If they are that good at what they do they can probably already pick and choose where they work. Plus they would likely make more money staying where they are.

iPlop

prinz wrote: »

Well their own site is http//:www.scootertechno.com so I'll leave it at that for now.

Please don't ever put scooter in a techno bracket ,just because his website says "techno" in the title doesn't mean his music is.

As a former techno DJ myself I must point out that most people that do not listen to electronic music will never have heard a techno track as I have never heard one played on mainstream radio.Adam beyer ,CJ Bolland ,Henrik B etc... all proper techno ,the same way as tiesto is supposed to be trance but he is not ,he's mainstream electronic POP music.Proper trance is not mainstream.


Sorry for the rant but I do have to point these things out to people every now and again


Back on topic ,Bono minister for stupid looking shades

prinz

My musical reference attempt at humour has been ruined by the technovikings :pac:

Overheal

Technocrats also typically happen to be Lobbyists...

Would you imagine what US Health Care would look like if the Pharmaceutical and Health Insurance Industry Pros were behind it? Oh right..