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by inigyou 17 days ago
Nothing could possibly go wrong with eugenics
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moi2388 16 days ago
It can, but we’re quite good at it with all animals and plants..
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account42 16 days ago
If you mean that we can breed subservient cripples then sure.
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BoingBoomTschak 17 days ago
The Idiocracy scenario we've stepped into isn't much better...
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bennettnate5 17 days ago
It is. It's far from good, but it's much better than eugenics.
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inigyou 16 days ago
Note that we do have a system of eugenics, which we call money.
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account42 16 days ago
How so? Birth rate isn't positively correlated with wealth.
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