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by unquietwiki 141 days ago
I have a hot take that MAHA is a modern eugenics movement; that prioritizes access to the Free Market as a provider of good health and relies on Darwinian outcomes for the population at large. Everything's about avoiding autism ("feeblemindedness" anyone?), perceived physical weakness (never mind the gender-related overtones), and collective responsibility (maybe your Mom didn't eat enough of the new food pyramid, so now you're more likely to get polio, or something). There are some rather profane conclusions to be made from this belief system.
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amanaplanacanal 141 days ago
Killing off the people that support you doesn't seem like a smart way to stay in power. I guess they assume there will be enough new converts to replace the ones they lost?
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unquietwiki 141 days ago
Well, there also seems to be concerns over testosterone levels & fertility. Combined with attempts to reduce birth control & abortion, and you come away with an expectation they intend to breed their way out of losses (returning again to the eugenics overtones). Someone was also recently quoted as saying measles outbreaks "are the cost of doing business".
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rolph 141 days ago
someone possessed by thier beliefs, is not making factually based decisions.

some snakeoil salesmen know they are pushing bunk, a frightful number actually believe in what they are peddling.

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SpicyLemonZest 141 days ago
It's a death cult. I know that's an inflammatory way to phrase it, but I genuinely think it's the only accurate diagnosis. The regime doesn't have some deep strategic logic for how children dying from polio will benefit them, they just don't care so much about death in general and don't understand why we would.
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iLoveOncall 141 days ago
That could be the case if RFK Jr and the rest of the administration weren't all absolute idiots.
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thomascgalvin 141 days ago
> I have a hot take that MAHA is a modern eugenics movement

The right wing in America isn't trying to improve the population, they're grifting and hoping that 1. they won't face the same consequences as their supporters, because they're rich enough to be shielded, and 2. that they're going to die before society collapses from the havoc they unleash.

This is also true of, say climate change.

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