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A comment on Chernobyl and the Cost of Lies (2019). Parent comment

Re:Chernobyl and the Cost of Lies (2019) by marcosdumay on Sunday April 26, 2020 @01:57PM (#22988813)
They are not independent of political systems. When you have an independent party check the work and incentives that align with doing the right thing, the right thing gets done.

In general, the most authoritarian the political system, the less you have both of those conditions.

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Re:Chernobyl and the Cost of Lies (2019) by oldsklgdfth on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:17PM (#22990344)
> When you have an independent party check the work

I'm not sure what you mean, like an outside auditor?

> In general, the most authoritarian the political system, the less you have both of those conditions.

I agree with this statement, but I don't necessarily believe the opposite is true.

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