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by sph
1 year ago
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> Who's brilliantly dumb idea was it to have the only two referendums ever also immediately after a disaster?

Well-timed populists.

kome
1 year ago
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> Well-timed populists.

not really. The referendum was planned long before Fukushima, but then Fukushima happened at just the right time, reminding voters just in time to vote against nuclear.

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sph
1 year ago
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I stand corrected. They indeed started collecting signatures for the second referendum in spring 2010.
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