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> Everyone forgets that the Nazis got there eugenics program from the US. You're not wrong, but the US didn't do death camps or mass eradication for its eugeni
by tombert 2y ago
> Everyone forgets that the Nazis got there eugenics program from the US.
You're not wrong, but the US didn't do death camps or mass eradication for its eugenics stuff; it was mostly forced sterilization. That's of course still deplorable, but I don't think it's completely fair to pin what the Nazis did entirely on the US.
Of course the genocide of the indigenous Americans was absolutely horrible, and comparable to what the Nazis did, but I do not believe that that was generally eugenics-justified.
- FrustratedMonky 2y agoCorrect. Was thinking more that the 'idea' was really started in US and it was in the public discourse, and was popular idea to a lot of people. We can make people smarter, stronger, etc... and the sterilizations showed how it was really taking a dark turn.