I was struck by the reliance on techniques (in Ellul’s sense) in two points Klaus made:

– the belief in social market economy, and the demonization of free markets;
…

- the aiming at social constructivism as a result of the disbelief in spontaneous evolution of human society;

I remember how my generation demonized the machine we perceived society to be and two thoughts come to mind:

Pogo’s: “we have met the enemy and he is us”
and
Pete Townshend: “Meet the new boss; same as the old boss”