It's not nearly as popular because recent history has shown there are assholes like Vladimir Putin for whom "wanting to help other humans" is only showing weakn

It's not nearly as popular because recent history has shown there are assholes like Vladimir Putin for whom "wanting to help other humans" is only showing weakness and a reason for him to try to overthrow you or conquer you. How anyone can promote pacifism as a credible foreign policy in 2023 boggles my mind. Ironically, the best quote is Trotsky: it doesn't matter whether or not you're interested in war, but whether or not war is interested in you. Si vis pacem, para bellum.