Seems like eugenics is just a snappy euphemism for "crimes against humanity".
Overpopulation is a complex problem. I remember reading Elspeth Huxley's third autobiography in which she said that western medical care was both a blessing and a curse in Africa--where she grew up. (This was around the 1950s maybe? It's been too long since I read it to remember.) It meant fewer infant deaths, which was good, but it didn't slow down the rate at which the people reproduced, which was bad because it caused a fast and unsupportable growth in population. It was intervention with corresponding education to explain that "you don't need to make so many children since the majority are now surviving". Instead, the people were still stuck in the mindset of "reproduce because who knows how many will make it."
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Date: 2009-03-22 10:10 pm (UTC)Seems like eugenics is just a snappy euphemism for "crimes against humanity".
Overpopulation is a complex problem. I remember reading Elspeth Huxley's third autobiography in which she said that western medical care was both a blessing and a curse in Africa--where she grew up. (This was around the 1950s maybe? It's been too long since I read it to remember.) It meant fewer infant deaths, which was good, but it didn't slow down the rate at which the people reproduced, which was bad because it caused a fast and unsupportable growth in population. It was intervention with corresponding education to explain that "you don't need to make so many children since the majority are now surviving". Instead, the people were still stuck in the mindset of "reproduce because who knows how many will make it."