I must say, the mental and moral gymnastics that have been performed on this thread to try to pretend that Sidney and Beatrice Webb, H G Wells, George Bernard Shaw, John Maynard Keynes, Marie Stopes,… (View Post)

Some, yes, but the eugenics movement was primarily driven by the 'progressives' of the time. (View Post)

It was mainly the liberals and progressives who were keen on it. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/feb/17/eugenics-skeleton-rattles-loudest-closet-left I think it's pretty clear tha… (View Post)

Eugenics immediately springs to mind as the most dramatic example over the last 100 years, say. (View Post)

Given that the question asked whether these measures should be kept permanently, regardless of the Covid risk, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that a substantial proportion of the population a… (View Post)