>In fact I think we got kinda lucky that it turns out to be so expensive to build nukes that only nation states can do it, and that the barriers are still prohi

>In fact I think we got kinda lucky that it turns out to be so expensive to build nukes that only nation states can do it, and that the barriers are still prohibitive even then such that we can tell if a country is trying to gain that ability. I'm not sure we could have ruled out the possibility of individuals or small groups being in control of nukes. This is something I've also realized. Nuclear weapons are undeniably an existential threat but they're in part mitigated because it's very very difficult to get the materials and assemble them. That was complete luck. We got lucky. That's all that saved(es) us. Imagine if making a nuke was as easy as making a steel sword. Or perhaps, as easy as running Make-Me-Global-Dictator.exe