Comment by estearum
6 hours ago
1. Big assumption that the world would be worse off in that alternative future, no?
2. Probably what blocked his proposals is that most people are loath to murder millions of other people (especially if they have ~any other option, including "do nothing")
It's all psychological inertia. For example even if they knew that Communism would cause tens of millions of deaths they would not nuke USSR.