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> Chernobyl is ultimately a deeply frightening story about the danger of refusing to accept reality in favor of political ideology. The Soviet Union provided ma
by perfunctory 6y ago
> Chernobyl is ultimately a deeply frightening story about the danger of refusing to accept reality in favor of political ideology. The Soviet Union provided many examples of this danger, but such refusal is not only a Soviet phenomenon. Chernobyl is a reminder that lies have a cost and, eventually, reality will catch up with you.
As a thought experiment, substitute climate change for Chernobyl and US for Soviet Union.
- diego_moita 6y agoTo be fair, the US is not the only country going through this ideological denialism. Most countries in the world are. Some (e.g.: Brazil), are even worse than the US.
- lisper 6y agoJust because everyone is doing it doesn't make it OK.
- perfunctory 6y agoTrue. Though, formally, US is the only one to step out of the Paris agreement so far.
- Shivetya 6y agoThe better comparison is China and covid 19. Same type of government and nearly the same reaction. The difference is this one did affect the world in profoundly harmful ways and quickly at that.
- lostlogin 6y agoThis is true. But when China finally appreciated what was happening it dealt with it internally - reportedly through methods available only in totalitarianism. Compare that to the US or UK (and probably others). They had plenty of warning and arguably more time than China did. They have done very badly and some of the claims and events have been dark comedy.
- jbay 6y agoNot sure it's a fair analogy. Even while they were being deceitful, the Soviet Union seems to have at least invested a serious effort into tackling the problem head-on.
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