Just as we've seen with the too-big-to-fail/too-corrupt-to-succeed banking industry, it is again tax payers who will end up footing the bill for the failings of corporations. What this actually means is that companies like GE (General Electric) can continue producing questionable nuclear devices - earning billions of dollars in annual profit as a result - without accepting any liability for the quality of their product, or the devastating results caused when their products inevitably fail.
In reality, the US has long been pushing for the CSC to be ratified in countries such as India, Canada and Korea, where it hopes to expand its nuclear business. Now it seems the US government is using the fallout from the Fukushima disaster to blackmail Japan into signing the treaty -- which explicitly protects American nuclear companies, while solidifying business opportunities in Japan for American nuclear suppliers.
The final wordThe nuclear industry is finally realizing the inherent dangers of playing with fire. And yet it continues to evade responsibility for its failures.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has led to a practical elimination of free speech and free reporting of information in Japan. GE, the suppliers of the failed reactor, made a "donation' equivalent to around $1 in every $6,000 it earned (gross profit) in 2011 and wiped its collective hands of the whole mess. And the power-brokers of the United States government -- in true institutional form -- has seized the disaster as an opportunity for political and nuclear advancement.
Clearly, destructive institutions will not change course, no matter how destructive, until they are forced. Only through collective pressure can we stop the insanity of nuclear experimentation and political totalitarianism. Boycott Japanese products for instituting secrecy laws, and insist our governmental and corporate institutions help Japan help our Mother Earth -- without the attachment of political strings.
If we continue down our current path of nuclear experimentation against a backdrop of censorship and misinformation, at this rate, we will all end up nuked out like 1984"s Airstrip One.
For more information, please read my previous article: GE Spokesperson Speaks to Wake Up World About Fukushima Nuclear Disaster.
About the author:
Ethan Indigo Smith is the newest member of Wake Up World's team of Contributing Writers. Ethan was born on a farm in Maine and lived in Manhattan for a number of years before migrating west to Mendocino, California.
The events of September 11, 2001 inspired him to write his first book, The Complete Patriot's Guide to Oligarchical Collectivism, an insightful exploration of history, philosophy and contemporary politics.
Blending philosophy, politics, activism, spirituality and humour, Ethan's more recent publications include:
- The Matrix of Four, The Philosophy of the Duality of Polarity on the subject of the development of individual consciousness
- the controversial The Terraist Letters, a work that humorously contrasts the very serious issues of global nuclear experimentation promotion and global marijuana prohibition
- Tibetan Fusion a book of simple meditative practices and movements that can help you access and balance your energy, and
- The Little Green Book of Revolution an inspirational book based on ideas of peaceful revolution, historical activism and caring for the Earth like Native Americans.
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