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No arguing with a decision to build, not much regulation, but also, no accountability, corruption at the highest levels, heaps of nepotism, looking good being m

No arguing with a decision to build, not much regulation, but also, no accountability, corruption at the highest levels, heaps of nepotism, looking good being more important than doing it right, and a cover-up culture. I expect China to have its Fukushima, try hard to cover it up, get a lot of people killed pretending there's no radiation, eventually fail and create a huge scandal, and then turn and savage the nuclear industry as a scapegoat.

crdoconnor 12y ago
Mostly they're paying for it by not having expensive wars and slightly higher inflation.
angersock 12y ago
"no accountability, corruption at the highest levels, heaps of nepotism, looking good being more important than doing it right, and a cover-up culture." So, their politicians and ours should get along just fine... EDIT: Why the downvotes? Face the facts: No heads have rolled because of the torture report or anything like it that's been published. We are at historically low approval rating, and yet what percent of incumbents get re-elected? There's no accountability. We have outright legalized corruption in the form of lobbyists and regulatory capture, just look at the FCC/FDA/.mil jobs post- and pre- office. As for nepotism, look at the Bushes. Or the Kennedies (though they're mostly all dead now). As for looking good, notice the focus placed on stupid PR stunts and the execution of projects like Healthcare.gov--go listen to the googlebro's post-mortem and tell me that's not exactly what happened. Cover-up culture should be pretty obvious after all the leaks that have been coming out, especially at the local level of law enforcement. Don't disagree with...disagree with the system that made my comment accurate.
- pavel_lishin 12y ago
  > EDIT: Why the downvotes? Probably because your comment above the edit added nothing to the discussion.
  - angersock 12y ago
    It was a rhetorical question, and at the time it did add something to the discussion by way of saying "hey, this is not a problem unique to these Chinese officials". To be fair, it was phrased as a joke, and didn't have much in the way of exposition--because I assumed people wouldn't need it spelled out for them. As usual, a bad assumption.
- JulianMorrison 12y ago
  The problems are different. The USA has much more accountability - people are not necessarily held to account, because of partisan sympathies and realpolitik, but they are restrained from levels of excess.

crdoconnor 12y ago

Mostly they're paying for it by not having expensive wars and slightly higher inflation.

angersock 12y ago

"no accountability, corruption at the highest levels, heaps of nepotism, looking good being more important than doing it right, and a cover-up culture." So, their politicians and ours should get along just fine... EDIT: Why the downvotes? Face the facts: No heads have rolled because of the torture report or anything like it that's been published. We are at historically low approval rating, and yet what percent of incumbents get re-elected? There's no accountability. We have outright legalized corruption in the form of lobbyists and regulatory capture, just look at the FCC/FDA/.mil jobs post- and pre- office. As for nepotism, look at the Bushes. Or the Kennedies (though they're mostly all dead now). As for looking good, notice the focus placed on stupid PR stunts and the execution of projects like Healthcare.gov--go listen to the googlebro's post-mortem and tell me that's not exactly what happened. Cover-up culture should be pretty obvious after all the leaks that have been coming out, especially at the local level of law enforcement. Don't disagree with...disagree with the system that made my comment accurate.

pavel_lishin 12y ago
> EDIT: Why the downvotes? Probably because your comment above the edit added nothing to the discussion.
- angersock 12y ago
  It was a rhetorical question, and at the time it did add something to the discussion by way of saying "hey, this is not a problem unique to these Chinese officials". To be fair, it was phrased as a joke, and didn't have much in the way of exposition--because I assumed people wouldn't need it spelled out for them. As usual, a bad assumption.
JulianMorrison 12y ago
The problems are different. The USA has much more accountability - people are not necessarily held to account, because of partisan sympathies and realpolitik, but they are restrained from levels of excess.