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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

oh great, commercial eugenics

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

We knew it was bound to happen sometime with capitalism

[–] Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Better than traditional genocidal eugenics.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 17 points 1 month 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.)

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 7 points 1 month ago

there is no unobjectionable eugenics

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A depressingly low bar. Also, [Citation Needed]

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com -5 points 1 month 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