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Ellul saw technology (technique) as a autonomous force of nature that determined all aspects of human existence. You don't control your smartphone. Your smartphone controls you. 

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> and elites would rather prefer cheap cattle workforce 

They have that already. In a technocracy humans are not needed. Even if there would be only 400 million people left on earth, robots and AI would do most of the work.