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canetoad

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2. I watched this documentary recently

Reply to lostincalifornia (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 09:29 PM

Dec 18

And luckily it's posted in full on YouTube. Not short - nearly 2 hours. Compelling viewing. About the eugenics movement in America earlier last century and how it became a popular belief - "improving" the human race. It's really worth a watch.

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As dangerous eugenic ideas spread, NIH falls silent [View all] lostincalifornia Dec 18 OP

Don't forget that the infamous case of Buck v Bell is approaching its centennial. no_hypocrisy Dec 18 #1

I watched this documentary recently canetoad Dec 18 #2