Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after Fukushima

Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by toyg on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:34AM (#26422478)

I don't disagree, western democracy is still the worst system of government except for all others that have been tried from time to time.

Solutions to short-termism are very welcome, but more often than not they tend to boil down to "someone stays in power for decades", which is not really desirable, is it?

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by dsign on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:36AM (#26423827)

There is a simple solution to short-termism: create strong incentives for people to learn in depth about the topics they will press the politicians about. Even better, down that same road you can get effective direct democracy where everybody has a direct vote for the laws, and the legislative is no longer a representative body.

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by ChuckNorris89 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:36AM (#26422496)

>"someone stays in power for decades", which is not really desirable, is it?

Which is super ironic as Merkel has been in power since forever, well, 15 years to be exact, but still, way longer than most other EU or western governments.

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by toyg on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:46AM (#26422576)

But as mentioned, she had to steer her policies several times to do so. Democracy in action.

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