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by Zigurd 4165 days ago
> small numbers of people can obtain incredibly lethal power.

> a small group can be as lethal as the largest superpower.

That's just not true unless you confuse the real world with "24." The only effective weapons against modern superpowers are modern H-bombs, and you need to be able to deliver them.

The Aum cult in Japan was the only case, ever, of a non-state actor to kill or injure a significant number of people with an actual WMD.