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Unrelated, but this is my brother's favorite quote.
Alas, this doesn't only apply to republicans. You'd be surprised how much everyday people casually believe in eugenics/phrenology/other nazi related pseudo-science.
In regards to eugenics, some may have some parts where they disagree on the definition of terms. I'm not talking about people believing Idiocracy was right on the premise,nor those who say there should be licenses to be a parent. Those are both eugenics or eugenics lite imo.
However, you can get genetic testing to see if your child might have a debilitating condition. Now first to lay out my ... Bias? I don't plan to have kids and therefore don't feel pressured to have a firm opinion on genetic testing. I do support abortion rights. However, some may define choosing to abort because you learn your child may have a debilitating disease or a very painful life to be eugenics, while others may not agree.
There's also people who believe in gene editing before birth, like the (disgraced iirc) Chinese scientist who tried to use CRISPR to prevent AIDS transferring from mother to daughter (nevermind the fact we have drugs to do that anyway). I think broadly speaking editing gene sequences could be considered eugenics, but some may disagree.
What is eugenics called if you remove the authoritarian neutering/killing parts?
Ask Iceland. They have a strict controls inplace to prevent inbreeding in their limited population.
Iceland is more like anti eugenics. They are controlling against any particular trait occurring.
You are sre 100% correct. And btw, it's related.
Yeah i should stop overusing that word
And when pressed: "I was just joking!"
Like that guy at a party who continually "jokes" about butt sex to every girl he meets.