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Elon Musk draws fire for playing down impact of America’s atomic bombing of Japan: ‘Not as scary as people think’

Elon and Trump make the worst possible argument for nuclear power I have ever heard:

“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed but now they are full cities again,” the multibillionaire owner of Tesla, SpaceX and X said.

“That’s great, that’s great,” Mr Trump responded.

“It is not as scary as people think, basically,” Mr Musk added.

They joked about nuclear power facing a “branding problem”.

“We will have to rebrand it,” the former president told Mr Musk. “We will name it after you or something.”

CynicusRex ,
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Not defending these two unethical bullies in general, but on this particular paragraph they are totally taken out of context. It is obvious that they are not downplaying the atrocities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki but merely stating that nuclear energy is not bad since people are already living there again.

SeaJ ,

Then they are simply idiots. A nuclear bomb like Hiroshima and Nagasaki are much different than the meltdown in Pripyat. That still has dangerous levels of radiation.

CynicusRex ,
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Fair point. I should’ve made the distinction. But in any case, nuclear power plants aren’t bad.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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As I said in my original post, the problem is that it is the worst possible argument you can make in favor of nuclear power, not that there are arguments in favor of nuclear power.

CynicusRex ,
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I’m just addressing the fuss that’s being created. They are clearly not saying “the bombings were not as bad as people think”, but the headlines and articles make it seem so.

By doing this we are using the same spurious tactics as they are. Inundating people with blown out of proportion news like this will desensitise them to step into action when it will actually be warranted—the boy who cried wolf.

They spew tons of misinformation/disinformation/fallacies that should be addressed instead.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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No, he’s saying nuclear power isn’t as scary as people think because things got better in the cities that America dropped atomic bombs on.

Which is exactly what I quoted him saying.

CynicusRex ,
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I can’t disagree with what you quoted, nor state that it is a good argument—it isn’t, as was already pointed out and which I do agree with. I’m emphasising that they are not saying “the bombings were not as bad as people think”.

Halcyon ,
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They’re really working on making World War III attractive. That’s not a joke. They long for war.

Ophioparma ,

We already had two World Wars and civilization still exists. It’s not as scary as people think, basically. /s

Akasazh ,
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It’s the absolute decadence of having a generation of youngsters offered up to the blood God for your personal indulging of geopolitical prowess

julysfire ,
@julysfire@lemmy.world avatar

Can people stop trying Musk like he is some sort of “cool bro” idol?

MTK ,

Nuclear power needs rebranding

Elon: “TrumpX”

lemmeout ,

It clear most here didn’t listen to the steam. There is a lot of bullshit in that stream. But this barely meets the bar.

Trump was on the coal and oil train and Elon was basically trying to convince Trump that nuclear power is not as risky as people make it out to be. He even refuted Trump’s claim that the land in Fukushima and other nuclear disasters will be inhabitable for 1000+ years. His example may have been in poor taste, but not like the headlines make it out to be.

P.S. In 2024, is there already not enough material from these two dipshits that the news sites still have to take things out of context for clicks?

QuentinCallaghan ,
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The Japanese people witnessing those events might have a second opinion.

Xaphanos ,

I only recently learned of this:

youtu.be/olFmklCCccE?feature=shared

RagnarokOnline ,

This and Grave of the Fireflies are the two depictions of Japanese tragedy during WWII that I always think of

TheBigBrother , (edited )

Nuclear bombs are a problem because it’s something just a fucking insane genocide will use. Isn’t about it will do a lot of damage it’s cos it kills everyone in a big radius WO distinguish if they civilians or army.

SarcasticMan ,
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Elon is like that greasy kid in high school who would correct the History teacher with facts he learned by posting on /pol/. “Actually, the slaves loved being slaves because they got free housing and healthcare.”

Can someone please line his shit ass up against the wall already?

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