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A lot of the "liberal progressives" pre ww2 where in favour of sterilising certain elements of the population until that whole "hitler thing" happened. In the
by C1sc0cat 8y ago
A lot of the "liberal progressives" pre ww2 where in favour of sterilising certain elements of the population until that whole "hitler thing" happened.
In the USA it was the conservative republicans that opposed it.
- nickik 8y agoYes. I recommend "Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era". An eye opening view about the "Progressives" who are so loved and idolized by the modern left or modern progressives.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoI'm not sure I'd describe the Carnegie Institution, or Rockefeller Foundation, who funded a lot of the eugenics research with the end in mind as notably liberal progressive. Nor could the Republicans Coolidge ("Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races") and Hoover, who were both heavily in favour, be described as progressive liberals. Roosevelt was in favour too, of course. It was a movement independent of politics, and especially popular in pre-war USA on both sides of the political divide.
- C1sc0cat 8y agoHG Wells and a lot of the left leaning British intellectuals did and Sweden only stopped sterilising in the 1970's
- RickJWagner 8y agoEugenics was a strongly held belief of Margaret Sanger, founder of today's Planned Parenthood. Sanger had other strong negatives in her past, including speaking before KKK affiliated groups. Real history is sometimes inconvenient, depending on your political point of view.