On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history

    • F_Haxhausen
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      71 year ago

      No it is not. Eugenics is an attempt to improve the genetic quality of a human population.

      We are talking about an attempt to stop climate change. We are not trying to “improve” the genetics of human population.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        Eugenics sounds good at first, but human greed and corruption makes it an incredibly dangerous tool that should probably not be in the hands of anyone

        • F_Haxhausen
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          11 year ago

          I don’t think eugenics sounds good.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            I’ve heard too many people (mostly elderly) speak out for it. It’s definitely a bad idea

      • @[email protected]
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        -31 year ago

        that’s a narrow definition that doesn’t really encompass all the ways in which eugenics has been practiced. frequently, as i have done here, it is used synonymously with genocide. stop practicing genocide.

        • F_Haxhausen
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          41 year ago

          No. Genocide is murdering people. Genocide is violence against people. Forcing people, against their will to stop existing.

          Asking people to reproduce less is asking people (not forcing them) to exercise their own will.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            genocide is also propaganda that encourages one segment of the population to cease reproduction.

            • @WhiteHawk
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              21 year ago

              that is true, but eugenics is something very different

        • @Gabu
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          31 year ago

          Braindead take. We don’t need more children to be born into a world of suffering.

      • @[email protected]
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        -31 year ago

        We are talking about an attempt to stop climate change

        those are the trappings, but the method is bare eugenics

        • F_Haxhausen
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          61 year ago

          No it is not. Eugenics is a pseudo-science about improvement of genetics. Period.

          Trying to avoid climate catastrophe is not about improving genetics.

          • @[email protected]
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            01 year ago

            Eugenics is a pseudo-science about improvement of genetics. Period

            no, it’s not, even the wikipedia article we both love disputes this claim plainly.

          • @[email protected]
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            -11 year ago

            Trying to avoid climate catastrophe is not about improving genetics.

            if the method by which you try to avoid it is eugenicist, then it is.

      • @[email protected]
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        -21 year ago

        i suggest we figure out a way to maintain the habitability of the planet without eugenics.

        • @dangblingus
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          41 year ago

          Right, but from a “carbon footprint” perspective, making new humans is the worst thing a human could do for their footprint. What we need to get away from is the argument that our individual carbon footprints are too high. I mean, they are, but the ruling class is a lot more egregious.

          • @[email protected]
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            -51 year ago

            from a “carbon footprint” perspective, making new humans is the worst thing a human could do for their footprint.

            this is actual eugenicist propaganda. you should stop spreading it.