It is made worse by the conviction that a highly-skilled, dedicated workforce has been betrayed by big business and failed by its bosses and politicians.
Just as often, betrayed partners need moral confirmation, viewing themselves as the victims and their partners as perpetrators, if not unredeemable villains.
By the 1970s, to suggest that if it were practicable, governments should charge groups that organised the moratoria the high costs incurred by the taxpayer would have betrayed political illiteracy.
Progress has been betrayed by commercial interests, political complaisance, and a lack of policy directed at making sure that new scientific advances are safely... made available to... the public.
