If you want to improve a country, perhaps one way would be to improve the people who live in that country. Some among the "progressives" hit on a novel way to bring about such improvement: breed better people. The attempt to improve the genetic heritage of America (and to hasten the evolution of the species) led to what's called the eugenics movement. Please read through the Wikipedia summary of the eugenics movement. What do you see here that suggests that there is a dark side to the progressive movement?
Thursday, June 2, 2016
The Eugenics Movement (extra credit)
If you want to improve a country, perhaps one way would be to improve the people who live in that country. Some among the "progressives" hit on a novel way to bring about such improvement: breed better people. The attempt to improve the genetic heritage of America (and to hasten the evolution of the species) led to what's called the eugenics movement. Please read through the Wikipedia summary of the eugenics movement. What do you see here that suggests that there is a dark side to the progressive movement?
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The line in this summary "Gene selection rather that people selection" is a hard one to swallow. How had people been so... shallow to believe that "breeding" better people will create a better society? The progressives had an effect opposite of what they wanted. They did a good job in ruining our society by carrying out this act.
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