The 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.
This 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.
Re:Chernobyl and the Cost of Lies (2019)
by diego_moita on Sunday April 26, 2020 @11:05AM
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To 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.
Just because everyone is doing it doesn't make it OK.
Re:Chernobyl and the Cost of Lies (2019)
by perfunctory on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:50PM
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True. Though, formally, US is the only one to step out of the Paris agreement so far.
As a thought experiment, substitute climate change for Chernobyl and US for Soviet Union.