====== Ever Feel Like They're Out To Get You? ======


===== The Technocracy. =====


The modern meta-organization and conspiracy dedicated to furthering a scientific and rational basis for the world. The Technocracy hopes to make reality "safe for humanity" by removing random elements and dangerous foibles. It believes that humanity does not have the ability to cope with such elements on its own. As a result, the Technocracy strives to eliminate magical phenomena and to stop mages, whose powers they do not understand.

===== The Pogrom. =====


The systemic elimination of supernatural elements and all other opposition by the Technocracy.

The technocracy is the most common [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antagonist|antagonist]] within the Mage setting. One reason for the violent conflict between the Traditions and the Technocracy is the technocracy's belief in the purge of all mages.

No quarter is asked between these foes.  No quarter is given.


==== Media Examples of the Pogrom ====


  * The Traveler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Traveler_%28novel%29
  * 1984 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
  * Brave New World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World
  * "Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repent_Harelquin
  * Brazil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_%281985_film%29
  * Push http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_%282009_film%29
  * The Prisoner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_prisoner
  * La Femme Nikita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita
  * Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_%28TV_series%29
  * The Matrix Reloaded   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_Reloaded