Technocracy

"Back where I come from, we have universities--seats of great learning--where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts--and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven't got: a diploma."
--Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz)

To enact his New Deal, FDR put together a team of academics. His so-called 'braintrust' was given the charge to plan and control the economy along with its societal trimmings.

This approach became known as technocracy--belief that a group of experts are all knowing. People should just sit back and let the technocrats run things.

No questions asked.

It seems like another wave of technocracy is splashing upon us.