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by drak0n1c 909 days ago
The reality in the US is currently the opposite extreme, and advocating for reform does not mean another fictional absurdist extreme. The government can be bad at regulation too - especially when decided solely by a small committee of non-technical representatives and career bureaucrats informed by the news cycle of their time who make decades-lasting rules and ossified agency directives.
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Why do you think the rules are decided by "a small committee of non-technical representatives and career bureaucrats informed by the news cycle of their time who make decades-lasting rules and ossified agency directives"?

That would be highly unusual in the US. Most rules are at least heavily influenced by lobbyist paid by the industries.

The context is US nuclear, which is an industry that is thoroughly fragmented, broken, and on life support.