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40 years after Chernobyl, Stasi files reveal scale of Soviet misinformation
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UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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It's weird to see this much of a cover-up of the mismanagement of a nuclear facility while people insist we need to build more, bigger, and less regulated facilities.

I wonder what the Polymarket on Chernobyl would have looked like if it existed back then.

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Rimu piefed.social rimu@piefed.social
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Much of the East German and Soviet propaganda at that time was designed to confuse and cast doubt, not necessarily to fully persuade. The idea was that enough conflicting information would tire people out

Sounds familiar.

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becausechemistry piefed.social becausechemistry@piefed.social
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Much of the East German and Soviet propaganda at that time was designed to confuse and cast doubt, not necessarily to fully persuade. The idea was that enough conflicting information would tire people out Sounds familiar.

Flood the zone, baby.

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Rakonat lemmy.world Rakonat@lemmy.world
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It's weird to see this much of a cover-up of the mismanagement of a nuclear facility while people insist we need to build more, bigger, and less regulated facilities. I wonder what the Polymarket on Chernobyl would have looked like if it existed back then.

Compared to Western, modern designs Chernobyl wasn't regulated. That's kind of the reason it became such a catastrophe.

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UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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Compared to Western, modern designs Chernobyl wasn't regulated. That's kind of the reason it became such a catastrophe.

Compared to Western, modern designs

When was the last time the US built a reactor successfully?

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hash slrpnk.net hash@slrpnk.net
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It's weird to see this much of a cover-up of the mismanagement of a nuclear facility while people insist we need to build more, bigger, and less regulated facilities. I wonder what the Polymarket on Chernobyl would have looked like if it existed back then.

Respectfully I think this is interesting conjecture. Intentionally or not, it seems to directly compare modern facilities with Chernobyl. The only factor linking the examples is nuclear. There's an ocean of time, technology, politics, culture, and regulations between the two.

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Serinus lemmy.world Serinus@lemmy.world
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It's weird to see this much of a cover-up of the mismanagement of a nuclear facility while people insist we need to build more, bigger, and less regulated facilities. I wonder what the Polymarket on Chernobyl would have looked like if it existed back then.

95/5, but only after the meltdown had started and before the info was public.

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Telodzrum lemmy.world Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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Compared to Western, modern designs When was the last time the US built a reactor successfully?

Been building A1B rectors regularly and on time for a decade now. But to answer your question, this year.

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