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Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a... by ethbr1 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:30PM (#41373934)
It's a shortcut to an argument to remove agency and substitute in a foreign hand, but it rarely captures the reality of a situation.

There's usually far too much squabbling inside a given volunteer group for any external pressure to be able to redirect their will.

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Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a... by philwelch on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @12:28AM (#41375961)
The Western antinuclear movement had their own agency and motivations, but because they happened to align with Soviet interests they may have received material support from the Soviets. If they did, that would make them useful idiots rather than puppets. Useful idiots mean well, they have more than enough good intentions to pave a long road with, and they are completely unwitting when it comes to whatever role they had to play in the broader geopolitical conflict.
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