Did they even pay lip service to a plan? Even one that they never had any intent to implement, or one so obviously impractical that any rigorous thought would poke holes in?
They efficiently managed to pull off this massive failure without widespread anger.
Words can do a lot of damage than weapons. Gandhi used it for uniting people into a good cause and this guy uses it for his own fantasies.
I'm glad the veil is coming off though. People are disgruntled that it's just talk and no work.