Yeah quick correction though: I mixed up my local diocese with a Long Island-centered diocese. They had 530 settlements totaling $323mill. Roughly $600k/ea

Wish it was more!

It’s too progressive for American Catholics in particular who are currently experiencing a serious identity crisis and infighting because of trumpism. It’s been wild to watch unfold. An archbishop just got excommunicated for schism idk 6mo ago?

As someone who keeps up with this and whose local diocese is also collapsing under the financial strain (good riddance) I can tell you firsthand a lot of settlements are actually pretty substantial. 6 and 7 figures over and over again.

It’s never enough, let’s be clear. But these aren’t slap on the wrist numbers when you add up the fact that it’s often hundreds of settlements per diocese. Pretty sure the diocese here has roughly 530 settlements they’re paying out right now. A billionaire has been helping them foot the bill but seems it hasn’t been enough.

You know, the world is larger than Japan and the US

Yeah Mullvad or Proton I’d say are well worth the investment. I doubt it’s necessary but I use secure core on proton whenever I am doing very legal and very cool things.

For starters we are talking about concepts, not actually built and tested reactors

Oh so you’re saying you’re completely full of shit because you’re talking about the theoretical consequences of theoretical devices that don’t even exist yet?

Yes we can make reasonable predictions about things that don’t exist yet but you are acting like it is a forgone conclusion. Unless you are actually involved in the field your opinion is, at best, as good as anyone else’s . I would say that to you or to any of the myriad of Tech Bros who are all fired up about small reactors like a cryptobros are about their next meme coin. You’re either an evangelist or expecting Armageddon these days. People don’t just wait and see or have less exciting takes. It’s “this is the greatest thing since fire” or “it’s going to kill everyone.”

Counter example to your quality and safety arguments: cars and car engines. Larger, higher output engines in larger machines require higher quality checks and safety regulations. A car engine isn't generally going to rip your arm off or produce an explosion that can level a building. Plenty of larger machines/engines can and will.

Put them in more appropriate places (not like everything has to be nuclear) and don’t act like the USSR.

Nuclear is a very valuable component of a mixed energy structure. There are absolutely use cases for it and we should not avoid it.

Flippant “it sounds true-isms” are not useful for discussion and can even spread misinformation.

So please: explain your comment or stop repeating it

Let’s compare it to oil, gas, coal…

The body count and environmental damage doesn’t even compare. The bad examples are just more spectacular and singularly horrifying in the moment. It’s a perception issue.