1st principle of the Technetronic Society: "Something ought to be done because it is technically possible to do it." E.g: If it is possible to build nuclear weapons, they must be built even if they might destroy us all. 2nd principle: "Maximal efficiency & output over all else"
The other direction played a role, too: the development of nuclear weapons required a nuclear industry. Chernobyl and Fukushima had been foreseen, but advocates were in denial. (OTOH, without nukes we'd probably had wars between US and SU, China and Russia, India and Pakistan.)
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Sadly, the general public tends to have little agency over their beliefs. This seems to be part of the human condition: we are the programmable species.
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