And what makes you think stuff won’t happen under state ownership or control?
Slobodan,
I have never said stuff wouldn't happen under state ownership or control.
It's really hard to discuss with you because you are making no attempt whatsoever to comprehend what others are saying.
You project on me your black and white simplistic views of the world and make it look like mines fall in the same category as yours. You view everything through your categorizations of left/right without attempting to see beyond that, as if you were afraid that a true conversation could take you to areas you are not comfortable with, to things you cannot defend.
History can teach us many different things. That communism doesn't work, that privately controlled nuclear facilities both carry a risk of under-investment in safety and an intrinsic inability to deal with the costs when somethings goes very wrong,... this still leaves ample room for solutions away from the simplistic dogma you are bombarding us with.
I have never lived in a communist regime and my understanding of it has been shaped by the reading of Kundera. Certainly not sufficient to secure a deep understanding, but enough to be convinced that it doesn't work for the people nor for the country. Does that mean that all attempt of socialism fail? Go visit Sweden and tell me about it. Socialism is a simple idea that the wealth of a country is defined by that of its poorest citizens. It's simply the opposite of selfishness. It has not much to do with communism except for the fact that communism is one form of socialism. Does that say anything about free enterprise or state control? Not at all. Socialism is totally compatible with free market and free enterprise and it's very possible to become as rich as you please in a socialist European country. It doesn't mean that, as a society, money is defined as the driving force and the horizon of personal development.
This baseline being set, learning from the mistakes of Fukushima and enforcing state control/ownership of Nuclear operators is simply common sense and is not anymore a socialist measure than keeping US army control at state level is a socialist measure. It's just the way it has to be done. How about Chernobyl? As explained, this will not prevent stuff from happening but under proper democratic control (which was obviously not the case in communist and highly corrupt Ukraine) we will at least get the right focus on safety and the state will be able to deal with consequences if stuff occurs. Which, again, is not the case in Japan at the moment.
But perhaps it's now time to get back to our favorite impeachment case...
Cheers,
Bernard
