(Borganic.org) What is Eugenics? Its a philosophy first by Sir Francis Galton in 1865. Who was a relative of Charles Darwin. "survival of the fittest"The goals have generally been to create healthier, more intelligent people, save society's resources, and lessen human suffering, but some proposed means of achieving these goals have focused on eliminating "undesirable" traits within dominant populations; the resulting discrimination and human rights violations, have included forced sterilization, castration, and at times, genocide of individuals perceived as inferior.
Non-race-related topics of interest to eugenicists include selective breeding (suggested as far back as Plato), prenatal testing and screening, genetic counseling, birth control, in vitro fertilization, and genetic engineering.
Opponents argue that eugenics is immoral and that it is a pseudoscience. Nonetheless, eugenics remains a controversial topic today.
- "The upper classes should be encouraged to have more children, whereas the lower classes should be induced, if possible, or compelled if necessary to have fewer."
- "The average intellectual standard of the Negro is some two grades below our own [whites]."
- "Jews were specialized for parasitical existence upon other nations."
- "Churches and civic groups who engaged in charity for the poor were counterproductive to good breeding." From About.com
- Look at photo
"We Do Not Stand Alone" Nazi Poster from 1936 with flags of other countries with compulsory sterilization legislation.
Originally from Neues Volk, March 1, 1936, p.37; courtesy of Wikipedia.Get your new at Borganic.org


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