So yeah, just binged watched Chernobyl.
1) I was not bored for even a second of the series
2) The takeaway I got was lies, ambition, incompetence, and authoritarianism got in the way of solving the problem
3) Even in the face of a empire destroying disaster, the govt's hubris was still off the charts
4) Much like 911, there doesn't appear to be much sympathy for those who were impacted because the govt had to maintain the lie
5) It was only through self-sacrifice that the truth came out
The coal miners were an interesting group, because despite assuming they're all stupid, they were in fact bold enough to defy the govt and in addition, smart enough to see through the BS