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In reply to the discussion: Israel Follows In Nazi Footsteps, Forces Birth Control On African Jews [View all]legaleagle_45
(43 posts)38. Started in England .. I thought?
One of the darkest secrets of Americas involvement in World War II is that the Nazis learned the concept of eugenics from the United States.
I always thought the concept originated as a pseudoscience in England with Herbert Spencer and Sir Francis Galton leading the way in the late 1800's and called "social darwinism" as well as eugenics. It started rather harmlessly with the encouragement of people with good genes to mate and have offspring, but soon degenerated to the point where the Brits were paying bounties for dead bushmen in Africa. The idea soon spread to other European countries and to the US. It is one of the darker sides of American and progressive politics with Margaret Sanger initially embracing the theory as justification for birth control. Forced sterilization was adopted by law and found constitutional by the Courts in the early to middle 1900's. It was not really until the horrors of the holocaust were revealed that this pseudoscience began is quick departure from the American scene.
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Israel Follows In Nazi Footsteps, Forces Birth Control On African Jews [View all]
Segami
Jan 2013
OP
The only part that matters is from a decent newspaper. I was not referring to ...
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#7
Just to make it clear, the US did this kind of thing into the 1970s, and beyond that
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#10
Of course we are. From Prescott and his clan all the way to the present-day rethugs.
People b4 profits
Jan 2013
#22
Well, don't worry. The Tea Party will put and end to this. You know how much they hate
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2013
#14
I so wanted to post this yesterday but figured it would just get hidden anyway.
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#17
Given our Homeland Security nonsense and a bunch of other things I could list,
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2013
#37