Quote:
"Sparta must be regarded as the first völkisch state.
exposure of
the sick, weak, deformed children, in short,
their destruction, was
more decent and in truth a thousand times
more human than the wretched
insanity of our day
which preserves the most pathological subject."
-Adolf Hitler
Definition of Eugenics:
eu·gen·ics
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noun ( used with a singular verb )the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having
genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging
reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)
Origin:
1880–85; see eugenic, -ics
/yuˈdʒɛnɪks/ Show
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noun ( used with a singular verb )the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having
genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging
reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)
Origin:
1880–85; see eugenic, -ics
THESIS:
At the start of the 20th Century eugenics became an important concept to explaining the demoralization of the identification and classification of individuals and their families, including the poor, mentally ill, blind, deaf, developmentally disabled, promiscuous women, homosexuals and entire racial groups.