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  • #31
    Re: Eugenics

    Originally posted by Siggie View Post
    So, you don't agree that it's the lowest SES that are reproducing at the highest rates?

    Or maybe just explain how you think it is that natural selection is being exploited by the elite?
    By definition, it wouldn't be natural selection, so I'm not sure what you're referring to as the descriptor you're using is inaccurate.
    Just read over what I said and think in terms of money (long term and short term interest rates). Debt has replaced God as the guarantee for human cooperation, and our modern globalised world is driven by the religion of money.
    "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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    • #32
      Re: Eugenics

      Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
      Just read over what I said and think in terms of money (long term and short term interest rates). Debt has replaced God as the guarantee for human cooperation, and our modern globalised world is driven by the religion of money.
      I love asking people to explain and having them say "just read over what I said..."

      Regardless, this has turned into a political discussion.

      I think the bottom line was, yes, society influences "natural selection." I think that's a point we agreed on?
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      • #33
        Re: Eugenics

        Originally posted by Siggie View Post
        I love asking people to explain and having them say "just read over what I said..."

        Regardless, this has turned into a political discussion.

        I think the bottom line was, yes, society influences "natural selection." I think that's a point we agreed on?
        Well not just society but globalization as well. The widespread distribution of populations.

        In the case of Armenians, think of the impact the Genocide had on our gene pool. Where with Eugenics the weak links are removed, in a way, a lot of our strong links were removed. Our intellectuals for instance were killed. Certain genes were removed creating a smaller gene pool.

        Also, our population was divided. Small groups moved to new land. The new groups of Armenians that formed lost alleles present in the original population and so there was a smaller gene pool. Those equipped with instincts and skills advantageous in the new area will survive to breed but the rest won't be able to adapt and will die off .
        "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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        • #34
          Re: Eugenics

          Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
          Well not just society but globalization as well. The widespread distribution of populations.

          In the case of Armenians, think of the impact the Genocide had on our gene pool. Where with Eugenics the weak links are removed, in a way, a lot of our strong links were removed. Our intellectuals for instance were killed. Certain genes were removed creating a smaller gene pool.

          Also, our population was divided. Small groups moved to new land. The new groups of Armenians that formed lost alleles present in the original population and so there was a smaller gene pool. Those equipped with instincts and skills advantageous in the new area will survive to breed but the rest won't be able to adapt and will die off .
          Yes, the targeted killings did differentially affect our gene pool.

          The last night might be a bit exaggerated though. I don't know that we're missing any advantageous mutation that will lead to extinction.
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          • #35
            Re: Eugenics

            I am a bit surprised to read some of the posts related to social programs become part of the Eugenics conversation. It sounds like they are written by World Bank technocrats. It brings to mind Lyndon Johnson's famous remark, "Let us act on the fact that less than $5 invested in population control is worth $100 invested in economic growth."

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            • #36
              Re: Eugenics

              Originally posted by Hai View Post
              I am a bit surprised to read some of the posts related to social programs become part of the Eugenics conversation. It sounds like they are written by World Bank technocrats. It brings to mind Lyndon Johnson's famous remark, "Let us act on the fact that less than $5 invested in population control is worth $100 invested in economic growth."
              Precisely
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