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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago (2 children)

oh great, commercial eugenics

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

We knew it was bound to happen sometime with capitalism

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Better than traditional genocidal eugenics.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

(psst. hey buddy. all eugenics is genocidal. It’s in the fucking name. Also. racism and fascism have historically been sanitised and presented as scientific or commercial endeavours. They’re the cornerstones of capitalism. Think of how the weapons industry is printing money because of israel’s decades long genocide against the palestinians.)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

how about we aim for no eugenics, not just the least objectionable sort

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

there is no unobjectionable eugenics

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A depressingly low bar. Also, [Citation Needed]

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago

I'm not so sure about that. If they are able to make it generally affordable, they could make quite the impact trough corruption or just keeping things quiet