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It doesn’t matter what the logic and the math says if fear is your primary motivator. I used to think the Germans were especially sensitive to these types of f
by cheschire 2y ago
It doesn’t matter what the logic and the math says if fear is your primary motivator.
I used to think the Germans were especially sensitive to these types of fear, but then brexit and worldwide trends towards populism as a whole reminded me this is just baseline human behavior.
It didn’t help that someone figured out pretty good branding[0] against nuclear power that makes people feel happy to resist. I would see these silly “Atomkraft? Nein, danke!” stickers everywhere. You almost felt obligated to go along with the sentiment.
0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiling_Sun https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiling_Sun