Citizens may want things that will benefit them locally, however, aren't necessarily beneficial to the country in the grand scheme of things.
Opposite to this an example or where conflicts occur is when for example the government installs a wind farm in a scenic area of English countryside this may cause noise pollution or act as an eyesore to the local people and therefore may result in NIMBYism (Not in my back yard) despite it being a cleaner energy and potentially beneficial to the whole country
The answer is true. Because of how far away the country is.
People revolted and set up a new government, the Second Republic
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President Truman had a very difficult decision to make in terms of dropping the atomic bomb. Before dropping the bomb, Truman was hoping to get an unconditional surrender from Japan after the demands made at the Potsdam Conference. However, Japan refused.
Instead of dropping the atomic bomb, he also considered an invasion of mainland Japan. However, this invasion was estimated to have millions of casualties total and would have resulted in the deaths of thousands of Allied forces and Japanese military personnel.
Ultimately Truman decides to drop bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending World War II. Even though this was a weapon of massive destruction, he argued that this actually saved lives. He used the estimated number of deaths/casualties from the possible land invasion to justify his decision.
Enlightenment thinkers wanted to help people see things differently. the Enlightenment era was an age of new ideas.