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Although the Nazis' eugenical Holocaust of WWII constituted an enormous public relations disaster for proponents of eugenics, the movement would later resurface under the banner of POPULATION CONTROL AND RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM.
Intellectuals and Society, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2010
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But then, that is the important part, anyway, and the point of this new era of eugenical interventions.
KIPP and KIPP Knockoffs Jim Horn 2009
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But then, that is the important part, anyway, and the point of this new era of eugenical interventions.
Archive 2009-04-01 Jim Horn 2009
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“Darwinism” or materialism to draw his eugenical conclusions.
Dr. West, meet Dr. Tinkle, Creationist eugenicist - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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Not surprisingly, therefore, several thinkers in those days most notably a fellow named William Farr put all these ideas together to develop what were clearly eugenical proposals.
Dr. West, meet Dr. Tinkle, Creationist eugenicist - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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Whether or no the organisation of industry will issue positively in a eugenical reconstruction of the family, it has already issued negatively, as in the negations already noted, in a partial destruction of it.
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The purely negative stage of interference, at which we have stuck for the present, is in itself quite favourable to all these eugenical experiments.
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A great deal is known about human heredity—enough to make eugenical sterilization a safe policy, provided the standards for sterilization apply only to the most patently degenerate individuals who are definitely demonstrated to be cacogenic.
Second Glance Jodi Picoult 2003
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Influenced by eugenical concepts imported from England, advocates of involuntary sterilization hoped to persuade their fellow citizens to act decisively to rid themselves of a variety of supposedly defective individuals.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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Influenced by eugenical concepts imported from England, advocates of involuntary sterilization hoped to persuade their fellow citizens to act decisively to rid themselves of a variety of supposedly defective individuals.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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