Nuclear power and democracy don't mix

Normally I don't post info that is common knowledge, but this just made me mad...and it proves to me that nuclear power corrupts the hell out of democratic governments. The citizen is expected to to keep his mouth shut and to stay calm even if the dear neighbors are sprouting eye-covered abscesses - and to pay his power bill. I dimly remember I was told in school that informed citizens are the cornerstone of our form of government. But that was one tech level ago, we still had black-and-white TV then, and maybe we can do without informed citizens today. Possibly, that was just a superfluous, bolted-on feature to the core function: consuming power and paying for it. Now, that the frills have been pared back, the citizen appears as a much meaner and leaner engine of consumption.

It is a miracle anyone on this wide world still believes Tepco: A sure way to find out if they are lying? Check if their mouths are moving...

So what can be done? Dmitry Orlov has some ideas.