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And those are just the groups who actually achieved it. Many more thought about it or tried it. The OP said he "can't even believe that anyone could think of [

• zizee 15y ago
  Lack of imagination, lack of historical awareness, or just plain willful ignorance? Or perhaps I was just chose the wrong turn of phrase? No need to go on a pedantic nerd rage. Of course people could think about it. Of course people have killed millions of people in the past. What I was trying to say is that any sensible leader in a industrialised nation would not choose exterminating 50% of their population instead of than trying to affect social change. Of course we could have another Stalin or Hitler or Pol Pot who tries for genocide again. But killing 50% of your population is much different to killing 5%. Those 50% are going to have friends so you'd be up against 80-90% of the population. It would just be more sensible to try to redistribute wealth at that stage. But yes, I'm sure whack jobs can think about these things and with modern weapons you could probably do it etc.