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See: Chernobyl

• tantalor 8y ago
  Eh? The root causes of Chernobyl disaster were bad design and operator error. There were no ignored warnings.
  • LanceH 8y ago
    Perhaps a strong culture of not raising objections?
  • khuey 8y ago
    There were plenty of organizational failures in the design and conduct of the (failed) experiment which triggered the Chernobyl disaster.
  • ancorevard 8y ago
    > There were no ignored warnings. In a socialist society, good luck to you and your family when raising objections.
    • nkrisc 8y ago
      I think that's more a function of an authoritarian regime than socialist economic policy.
      • dsfyu404ed 8y ago
        Has there ever been a case of the latter without the former?
        • penagwin 8y ago
          They're two different things, although they are closely related they are distinctly different. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_compass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_compass EDIT: Essentially "socialism" is an economic status, while Authoritarianism deals with social freedoms. Historically most "communist" societies are also Authoritarian, but that's not always the case.
          • dsfyu404ed 8y ago
            I know that. That's specifically why I'm asking if anyone has managed to implement socialism (or communism) without being authoritarian about it.
      • ancorevard 8y ago
        History is the bane for anyone peddling the idea that a socialist society and authoritarianism are two separate things.
        • nkrisc 8y ago
          History we also the bane of anyone who thought man could walk on the moon.
  • zaarn 8y ago
    IIRC the lead operator was saying "continue" despite several of the engineers at the consoles telling him that things where about to go nuclear.