I guess I misunderstood the meaning of the term eugenics because I thought it was very much intentional artificial selection applied to humans.
To reiterate - I do not support this! I think it's evil! but isn't that basically what it is?
To reiterate - I do not support this! I think it's evil! but isn't that basically what it is?
But I’d also say that there’s an inherent bias to the word “eugenics” fundamentally: the implication that there are objectively good genetics and bad genetics for humans. In the extreme case there are genetic defects that cause stillbirth and put the mother’s life at severe risk, but this is almost never what is meant by usage of the word “eugenics”. Again, to conflate the two concepts is useful only to people who have caused immense human suffering.
It's like how there's a difference between the medical study of nutrition and how some social media influencers will tell you if you eat X, Y and Z these are superfoods that will mean you will never get a cold for the rest of your life and it will cure cancer or some other nonsense.