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Is technocapitalism the same thing as Western civilization?

Is technocapitalism the same thing as Western civilization? https://frame.weponder.io/api/polls/6600

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Context: I often see people use these ideas interchangeably, but they are distinct.

China or Dubai has technocapitalism without Western Civilization.

More arguably, Medieval Europe had Western Civilization without technocapitalism.

Technocapitalism stems from Western civilization but isn't the same thing. Western civilization encompasses a wide range of cultural and historical aspects, while technocapitalism focuses specifically on the fusion of technology and capitalism.

My version of techno capitalism embraces democracy or at least some form of republicanism as a technology to battle oppression / tyranny

Technocapitalism is to Western Civilization (Western Capitalism) what New Keynesian Economics is to Classical Keynesianism. There are some subtle differences but the similarities in barbaric negligence-to the human condition, the sciences and environmentalism (all correlated) makes it hard to differentiate between the two.

The administration and application of the law will define capitalism