@HeerJeet Any replies yet? I'm interested in this question too.
That question about Heinlein and eugenics isn't rhetorical. I'm trying to figure out how normal or anomalous his social darwinism was.
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@dylanhorrocks Consensus seems to be it was a post-WWII thing, which came in stages.
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@HeerJeet Let's just say he had the resources available to grow out of it sooner.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet eugenics was big in the '30s. 24 US states along with Alta & BC had laws requiring sterilization: http://j.mp/1phEBjZThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Alberta kept sterilizing people until 1972 http://j.mp/1phFDfXThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Heinlein had lots of company in the pro-eugenics camp. I suspect that eugenics fell out of vogue because of the Nazis/WWII.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet the term "social Darwinism" is unfair to Darwin - he didn't espouse the philosophy. It was around before the Origin of Species.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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