WI: Marx a Technocrat?

This isn't actually as hard as one would think, considering the origins of technocracy were in, "Scientific Socialism," which Marx called himself at times. So, what if Marx either had much more technocratic influence in his writing, or was even an outright technocrat?

Would his influence diminish away? Or would Technocracy become popular later because of it?
 
"Technocracy" as a general term; no, it would increase his influence.

Marx himself struggled with his preference for centralised parties of intellectuals; given his knowledge that only by its own hand would the proletariat free itself.

In contrast to Marx's dialectical struggle; the social democrats following Marx merely paid lip-service to his thoughts, and established parties run by and in the interests of intellectuals. They may have had large working class memberships, but the parties were anything but revolutionary.

If Marx pushed technocratic ideas, then the uptake of his views would be even greater—they would closely match the politicisation of working class politics under intellectual control.

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If Marx's ideas had corresponded precisely with the views of the 1920s and 1930s technocracy movement; then there'd be little ground for influence.

yours,
Sam R.
 
Well, obviously not the same as the one in 20s and 30s but still...

With that in mind, interesting. He would actually gain more popularity? I wonder what this would mean down the line...
 
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