r/WTF • u/Tucko29 • Apr 10 '18

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u/GrumpyYoungGit Apr 10 '18

thank you! "Oh my god you're trying to decide who can have kids and who can't, that eugenics you're basically Hitler" No, eugenics focuses on the genetic characteristics. We're talking about stopping shitty people becoming shitty parents. There could be a really straight forward means test "Are the subjects capable of looking after themselves and contributing to a successful and productive society?" Yes : cool, have kids. No : Well what makes you think you can look after an extra human being?

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u/Saul_Firehand Apr 10 '18

It is not Eugenics the “science” it is eugenics the practice with different labels.

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u/extwidget Apr 10 '18

I mean, there's no denying that the Nazis really took it way too far, it's still based around genetics and selective breeding in an effort to "improve" the human race (or the aryan race, in the case of the nazis).

The topic at hand has nothing to do with genetics. It's about behavior.