It's all social contracts. When those break down, a lot of shit breaks.
Also when one party refuses to do jack shit about the approaching storm, hoping for the status quo and retaining their little bits of power. That doesn't help either.
Sometime after it was publicly created? Shortly after, when it was in the news for being called in for 3 mile island? Or did people somehow forget it existed after that, despite all the funding and public appointments and whatnot?
For the actual politicians it was originally mostly just the greed. And cowardice. Genuine hate is creeping up the list though as all the hate-enablers get replaced by true believers. Who are also greedy cowards.
And ring a bell