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Because we live in a democracy?

• SSJPython 4y ago
  But that's my point: just because a society has a democratic political system does not mean everything has to be run through the same mechanism. Sometimes, the experts need to override the people, no matter how much of a fit they throw.
  • danenania 4y ago
    This is already the case. Unpopular decisions are made regularly by all three branches of the Federal government, as well as by local governments at every level. But even if you can get unpopular policies through, there's still the risk that you'll face consequences at the next election.
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• Juliate 4y ago
  A democracy that is also a product of the availability of huge amounts of continuous energy for quite a decent price. Insert blackouts or raise the price of energy to get access to it, day-to-day life, society and economy will not look like quite the same. So a democracy which wants to survive the primary energy turnout ahead (oil has to go, and we are all deeply, highly dependent on it), takes the means to transform its energy usage on one side, and to sustain its energy needs on the other. Removing nuclear-based electric energy will only sustain, at the time being, the production of carbon-based electricity. Fusion looks definitely better than fission, but it's 10s of years away still.