People are now loudly and proudly spewing eugenics shit that is exactly what the Nazis used to say. Here is a quote from Elon Musk:
"I wouldn’t call it eugenics as such, but every nation has practiced a certain form of survival of the fittest. One need only go to England and go to the Cheltenham area, the horse breeding area, and say, 'Look, we’re not going to breed the horses anymore by any form of standard. I’ve got a few old horses I’ve found in Nigeria and we’re going to just mix them with your race horses… “They’ll say, no, no, no, no, no,” he added.
Not only that but he said: “Population collapse is coming… Earth is almost empty of humans” What is this guy on? We have 8 billion and counting. But we all know what he really means, he means there aren’t enough white babies being born.
With this racist shit, and the genocide of the disabled, plus the growing misogyny where more and more men, especially young ones, are saying women’s purpose is breeding and they should stay at home, https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/45735-how-many-britons-agree-andrew-tates-views-women
We are clearly teetering on a fascist eugenics society where women only exist for breeding, the disabled are to be eliminated and race mixing is to be discouraged. And it’s truly scary how many people are unashamedly saying this in public.
I wrote a lot, and it’s very confusing. It might not deserve an answer, but I though sending it through was better than silence. So, for posterity, there it is.
I don’t understand it myself. It’s a subject I’m not comfortable with, I don’t know how to speak about it. I apologise.
I was thinking the case about abnormalities detectable through genetics. Namely down syndrome, and the eugenics argument around it. That’s the relationship I had in mind when I opened the thread.
I suppose there’s cases for other abnormalities, where early diagnostics could exist? And then, when parents could suffer pression to abort the pregnancy.
So… These wouldn’t be cases for slave labour, but one could argue that if this is provided and available, there would be some social pressure for these to happen, therefore this could be one form of genocide of the disabled?
Also, the case for the ageing population. Encouraging euthanasia, like Canada is trying to pass (has passed?) laws to enable it, when the family can’t support the disabilities naturally occurring through age.
I’m not sure what the question is. I think I just wanted more material to get more familiar with the topic and the discussions around it.
Maybe the question is, if we theoretically prevent “all” disabilities through all means, is this genocide of the disabled? I think the concept of genocide of the disabled confuses me.