you’re supporting the idea that there should be fewer disabled people in the world, which is “latent eugenics.”
Eugenics is objectively correct and should be practiced more.
The only problem with old timey eugenics was that it was sometimes based on racism, not science, but in modern times we can apply eugenics in an extremely race-neutral and scientifically proven way to simply reduce known genetic defects. It's insane that we aren't doing it.
Humanity gives eugenics a bad name because eugenics could only work in a utopia. I for one am not going to allow any government to decide if my genes are worthy of passing on even though I'd easily pass for doing so unless I have some hidden genetic issues
It need not be a role of the state. The fact that most Down's Syndrome fetuses are aborted in Europe is eugenics, even if they pretend it's not. Also it doesn't have to involve abortion. Parents could use genetic screening to decide whether to have their own children, use donor sperm/eggs for in-vitro, or adopt. Yes that would lead to "Designer Babies" and that is something society will have to grapple with, but there's a middle ground between genocide and outright encouraging dysgenics.
Lol do you seriously think any government or massive corporation would pass up the opportunity to get their hands in this immediately. This is a more slippery slope than homosexual marriage
I like to call it "selective breeding." If it's good enough for livestock, by god, it's good enough for homosap!
People selectively breed every time they choose a partner to have children with. Choosing mates for specific types of offspring makes sense. The only problem is, as you say, state-or-otherwise-enforced pairings.
Nah it was the 90s. I think my teacher was just like "so since I have glasses, should I be executed?" and I thought that was weird since I was only talking about sterilization of people with serious genetic defects.
Eugenics is objectively correct and should be practiced more.
The only problem with old timey eugenics was that it was sometimes based on racism, not science, but in modern times we can apply eugenics in an extremely race-neutral and scientifically proven way to simply reduce known genetic defects. It's insane that we aren't doing it.
Racism is science
Shh, don't let the normies know.
The Nazis gave eugenics a bad rap. They originally got the idea from the US where eugenics was big at the time.
Humanity gives eugenics a bad name because eugenics could only work in a utopia. I for one am not going to allow any government to decide if my genes are worthy of passing on even though I'd easily pass for doing so unless I have some hidden genetic issues
It need not be a role of the state. The fact that most Down's Syndrome fetuses are aborted in Europe is eugenics, even if they pretend it's not. Also it doesn't have to involve abortion. Parents could use genetic screening to decide whether to have their own children, use donor sperm/eggs for in-vitro, or adopt. Yes that would lead to "Designer Babies" and that is something society will have to grapple with, but there's a middle ground between genocide and outright encouraging dysgenics.
Also replying to u/ernsithe's objection.
Lol do you seriously think any government or massive corporation would pass up the opportunity to get their hands in this immediately. This is a more slippery slope than homosexual marriage
I like to call it "selective breeding." If it's good enough for livestock, by god, it's good enough for homosap!
People selectively breed every time they choose a partner to have children with. Choosing mates for specific types of offspring makes sense. The only problem is, as you say, state-or-otherwise-enforced pairings.
Yeah when I was in middle school I wrote a science project about how we should bring back eugenics lol.
I'll bet that was well-received. Did they force you into "counseling"?
Nah it was the 90s. I think my teacher was just like "so since I have glasses, should I be executed?" and I thought that was weird since I was only talking about sterilization of people with serious genetic defects.