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The US was all for eugenics in the past until Hitler copied them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki

• noir_lord 8y ago
  Yes but that was a considerable period of time ago (in relative terms). Also it is almost directly the result of what the western powers (and Japan did) in that period that we have the incredibly strict ethics regime around medical research to this day. I think when it comes any of this stuff the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle is the best framework we have at present.