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by gmfawcett 1969 days ago
> Humanity has done selective breeding for centuries, and nobody ever complained.

Nobody has ever complained about eugenics? About master races vs. inferior breeds of human, or about hereditary caste systems? I think you need to brush up on your history before making such claims.

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I imagine OP is talking about how we get to select our partners, not eugenics. And how, generally speaking, the wealthier and better looking a person is the wealthier and better looking their partner and then children will be.

Edit, to add: the same is likely true for realized intelligence as well.

And it's absurd to say that no one ever complained about that or aren't still complaining about that.