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> How else can you justify poor people getting 20+ year sentences for relatively minor crimes, ... Those laws are effectively a eugenics program to weed out lo
by Daniel_Newby 14y ago
> How else can you justify poor people getting 20+ year sentences for relatively minor crimes, ...
Those laws are effectively a eugenics program to weed out low IQ and impulsivity. If you cannot figure out how to beat a cocaine rap or not knock over a gas station, boom, your peak reproductive years get spent in a single sex environment.
- myth_drannon 14y agoActually research shows that these people that spend years in jail have more children on average than people without criminal record. In addition the more years you spend in jail, the more reproductive you are. So the "eugenics program" will never work because the human evolution doesn't care about low IQ and impulsiveness .
- eru 14y agoInteresting. Do you have sources for that research?
- myth_drannon 14y agoSorry, can't find it now. It's somewhat related to papers about "Dark Triad" traits.
- Daniel_Newby 14y agoRight. I did not say it was enough, just that the goal certainly appears to be eugenic.