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Originally Posted by rationalbiker
If it's not scary, then perhaps we (as a nation) have become too complacent about how much control over our lives we relinquish to the government.
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Or perhaps we, as a nation, believe that we hold the ultimate say over these issues when we go to the voting booths. Why are there not a thousand nucler power plants in America right now? Because the people, who believe that radiation is dangerous, have consistently voted to keep the number of plants to a minimum. When a politician argues the point, he finds himself out of a job next election.
Americans are complacent, when they want to be. If they do not see a danger, they are content to allow the politicians to handle it. If they do see a problem, they act with their votes, and politicians listen. If you think there's a problem people should be aware of, it's your duty as a citizen to take action to alert the rest of the nation. The system may have flaws, but at its base, it's working just as it was intended to.