Did eugenics disappear with a bang or a whimper? Or did it just change clothes?
There must have come a point where eugenics was abandoned at least on the surface. Was Chesterton's position then acknowledged, resented or just ignored.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905
But it would seem that even those who know it - choose to ignore its lessons.
Why is that? Is the echo chamber of the internet - driven by flawed "recommendation systems" at the heart of the problem?
My maternal grandfather was a serious progressive. He always told me a conservative was just a progressive who was late to the party. “Whatever progressives championed fifty years ago, conservatives champion today.”
Did eugenics disappear with a bang or a whimper? Or did it just change clothes?
There must have come a point where eugenics was abandoned at least on the surface. Was Chesterton's position then acknowledged, resented or just ignored.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905
But it would seem that even those who know it - choose to ignore its lessons.
Why is that? Is the echo chamber of the internet - driven by flawed "recommendation systems" at the heart of the problem?
My maternal grandfather was a serious progressive. He always told me a conservative was just a progressive who was late to the party. “Whatever progressives championed fifty years ago, conservatives champion today.”