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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

an oversimplification of the world into “natural laws” that are poorly understood, usually surrounding a shallow understanding of survival of the fittest

It's especially ironic because the only real measure of the "health" of any gene pool is its diversity. Species that lack diversity are doomed to go extinct sooner or later as the environment changes. The eugenics obsession with "racial purity" is the exact opposite of what you would want if you want your group to survive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

You have to remember that most racists don’t use the (accurate) language you’re using. They don’t think they’re racist. They don’t think about phrases like “racial purity.” They worry about birth rates, immigration, and most important, who is having children/immigrating. They’re coming at it from a more socially acceptable way that gives them plausible deniability not just for us or polite society but for themselves as well. They say things about “being replaced” and “losing our culture” because that’s easier to stomach then “I don’t want undesirables, consisting of x/y/z groups, growing in number.”