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Book 7, Ep. 6 | Eugenics

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The Relationship Between Eugenics and Colonization

Eugenics was developed during a period in the 19th century that emphasized ethnicity and language as the general criteria for nationhood. So he's writing at a time when people are actively using these so-called sciences to defend the idea of an ethnic or language-based nationalism. It's not really about being anti-science so much as it is about being pro-whatever tools help you push forward a sort of white supremacist agenda.

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