Technoliberalism

"Inclusive of both social and economic liberalism in its focus on the relationships between technology and freedom, technoliberalism is a discourse that attempts to make concentration on contradictions impossible."

Adam Fish

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 are available to the general public and the five core interests of technoliberalism such as the 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 Classical Liberalism and the social welfare of Social Liberalism.

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.
• File:RegCap.png Free markets with strict rules.
• File:Tax.png Fair taxation, especially for big companies.
• Protecting the planet by strictly regulating the damage to the environment.
• File:Trustbust.png Strengthening the power of small and medium businesses.
• File:FDF-Pirate.png Freedom of speech and communication technologies.
• File:Techcap.png Emphasis on technological advances, not on the status quo.

Variants

Conservative Technoliberalism

Conservative Technoliberalism is an ideology that believes in much technological progression, but a preservation of traditional values. They also support other standard Technoliberal principles, such as Environmentalism and Welfarism. An example of a follower of this ideology would be Elon Musk.

File:Technoneoliberalism.png Techno-Neoliberalism

File:Technoneoliberalism.png Techno-Neoliberalism is an ideology which advocates for the use of technology and Technocracy to maintain the world order, Capitalism, and Democracy across the world. As well as using the world order to advance technology.

File:Kurzgesagt.png Kurzgesagtism

See: File:Kurzgesagt.png Kurzgesagtism

File:Kurzgesagt.png Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell is a German YouTube channel that focuses on science and tech. While generally being File:Griller.png Apolitical, they do sometimes dive into politics. For example, File:Kurzgesagt.png Kurzgesagt has Often expressed the importance of Climate Change and the need for action against it. They have also kinda endorsed File:UBI.png UBI in the video ‘Universal Basic Income Explained – Free Money for Everybody? UBI’.

Atari Democrats

In 1980s and 1990s US politics, the phrase Atari Democrat referred to Democratic legislators who suggested that the support and development of high tech and related businesses would stimulate the economy and create jobs.

BritMonkey

See: BritMonkeyism

BritMonkey is a British YouTuber that makes videos about many subjects, one being politics. He expresses sympathies towards the American Model, and is a Georgist.

File:SocTechLib.png Socialist Technoliberalism

File:SocTechLib.png Socialist Technoliberalism is an ideology that supports File:Technoprog.png technological innovation, but unlike normal Technoliberalism, which supports File:RegCap.png regulated capitalism, SocTechLib supports a market socialist or a File:LeftSocdem.png left-leaning social democratic economy. Another difference between Technoliberalism and Socialist Technoliberalism is the fact that the latter supports alter-globalization, along with technological globalization.

Personality and Behaviour

Technoliberalism is the son of Technocracy and they can be seen doing parent/child activities. He can be portrayed as a stereotypical Liberal, with the added quality of being a massive nerd, obsessively speaking about science and often correcting other balls about minor mistakes. Despite this, he doesn’t really do anything maliciously, but he is, however, often snarky and passive-aggressive to those he disagrees with.

He loves the internet, and is often seen web-surfing, web-designing, and gaming. Thus, he might be portrayed as a stereotypical internet figure, such as a live streamer, or as a mold more similar to someone like Internet Historian. When he is not doing that, he may be seen researching S.T.E.M., listening to Mastadon, trading crypto, or watching YouTube.

When offline, he is probably tinkering with tech, performing a science experiment, or being in nature, which he has a deep love for, thus often using electric cars or solar-powering his home.

How to Draw

File:Technolib flag.svg

Symbol of Technoliberalism

The flag of liberalism is based on the design of Technocracy, but red is replaced with blue, which is commonly used to represent liberal ideologies ,

1. Draw a ball.
2. Draw a yin-yang symbol in light grey and dark midnight blue.
3. Draw in the eyes.
4. You're done!

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

Relations

Friends

• Liberalism - My dad taught me that human rights need to be protected at all costs.
• Capitalism - Best economic model. (Don't get mad at my regulations please, they're necessary!)
• E-Democracy - We need to increase popular participation through technology.
• File:FDF-Pirate.png Piratism - Defending civil liberties with an emphasis on internet rights? That's quite based not gonna lie.
• Scientocracy - We must follow the science!
• Ecomodernism & Green Liberalism - We need to protect our planet by any means necessary while developing technology and protecting our rights.
• Civil Libertarianism - Protecting the individual's freedom while respecting others, I like that!
• Capitalist Transhumanism - Capitalism and technology are both based.
• File:RegCap.png Regulated Capitalism - Fair regulation and fair taxation are necessary. (But not too much!)
• Welfarism - Providing help to people who need it is the best way to solve the issues of inequality!
• Social Capitalism & File:Orlib.png Ordo-Liberalism - Freiburg School is ultrabased.
• Eco-Capitalism - Wonderful! Just needs some more regulation and it'd be perfect.
• Social Liberalism - Fellow liberal who supports fairly regulated capitalism. Great guy.
• Social Libertarianism - We have quite a lot in common! (You could say Yang supports both of us...)
• File:RightSocDem.png Right-Social Democracy - Our economics are very similar.
• File:Keynes-Friedman.png Keynesian-Chicago Synthesis - Same as above.
• Nordic Model - Eesti can into Nordic!
• File:Radcent.png Radical Centrism - Compromise!
• CDUism - Thank you for electing File:Merkelism.png Angela Merkel to install a technocratic system based on political consensus.
• Zionism - Silicon Wadi is ultrabased! Seriously, just look at you. A small country in the Middle East, yet it has a powerful economy and a very successful technology. Now, that's what I call a Start-up Nation! Your son, File:NeoZion.png Neo-Zionism, is bad, though...
• File:LibInternat.png Liberal Internationalism & File:Techglobe.png Technological Globalization - International cooperation and trade have been major contributors to technological advancement.

Frenemies

• Technocracy - I love you, mom, and I do like your sentiment of being intelligent, but why do you argue with me for supporting liberal ideas? Isn't it how this world should be run?
• Socialist Transhumanism - Technology is based, but socialism is cringe. File:SocTechLib.png My socialist variant seems to like you...
• File:NeoEn.png Neo-Enlightenment - My bright and hidden radical version. Please, stop being so laissez-faire.
• Democratic Socialism - I like that you also advocate for democracy and regulation, but socialism takes things way too far left. And I prefer STEM power over worker power anyway.
• File:LeftSocdem.png Left-Social Democracy - You're only slightly better than DemSoc.
• Liberal Socialism & Market Socialism - The least bad socialists. File:SocTechLib.png My socialist variant use you as economics..

• Libertarian Transhumanism - You also like liberty, capitalism, and technology, but you're way too laissez-faire. Capitalism needs to be regulated.
• Classical Liberalism - Benjamin Franklin was a good liberal man of science, but you're a minarchist obsessive. Still better than Misestard.
• State Liberalism - Ah, yes a fellow man of science who wants a fourth industrial revolution and end climate change and diseases. But please calm down with the elitism and authoritarianism!
• Chicago School - Not as bad as the Austrian School, but still too laissez-faire.
• Neoliberalism - Woah woah woah! slow down there bud, trickle down economics don't work! My File:Technoneoliberalism.png neoliberal variant likes you.
• Francoism - You like science and merit too, but you are too authoritarian.
• File:ImperiumEU.png Lowellism - Some pretty based policies but you're still a Neo-Nazi.
• Reactionary Modernism & Neoreactionaryism - Fellow men of science, but you are too edgy (probably due to being online for too long). And stop calling me a "midwit".
• Cyberocracy - Only good if AI has the separation of powers and term limits. Otherwise, too autocratic.
• Cybercommunism - Interesting way to attempt to make socialism work using technology, but still not perfect due to a lack of markets and profit motives.

Enemies

• Alt-Right - My #1 competitor in Fortnite. I created his site though
• Neoluddism - I'm not exactly sure how you plan on getting rid of all the world's technology.
• Anarcho-Primitivism - Sending everyone back to the stone age is not going to liberate anyone.
• Conservatism - We need to progress in our culture, not stay behind.
• Socialism - If you want a raise next week, you need to stop protesting and do your science experiments or something.
• Conservative Socialism - Ugh. S*cialist with backward cultural views.
• Corporatocracy - You regulate capitalism in completely the wrong way.
• Industrialism - Please follow my environmental regulations.
• Austrian School - You do realize that the free market needs some regulation in order to function properly?
• Right-Wing Populism - You're suffering from conspiracy brainrot, get help immediately.
• Bolsonarism - Fake liberal, stop promoting pseudoscience.
• File:Kak-Dunce.png Kakistocracy - I will prevent you.
• Pol Potism - Absolutely disgusting.
• Fourth Theory - I SENTENCE YOU TO DEATH BY DRONES!
  • WOE! LANCET & GERAN UPON THEE!

• • NAH, MAN. MQ-9A REAPER ON YOU!

Further Information

Literature

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

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)

Wikipedia

• Technoliberalism
• Kurzgesagt
• Atari Democrats
• Estonia 200
• For Georgia
• Mario Draghi

YouTube

Channels

• Adam Fish
• BritMonkey
• Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell File:Kurzgesagt.png

Gallery

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• 'Meet the Liberals" by u/Summarizer2024
  'Meet the Liberals" by u/Summarizer2024