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Forced Sterilization

Eugenics, in Jiang's account, turns evolutionary selection into a national policy of purifying the gene pool through forced sterilization, execution, and immigration restriction.

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Eugenics, in Jiang's account, turns evolutionary selection into a national policy of purifying the gene pool through forced sterilization, execution, and immigration restriction.

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The United States was a central site of the eugenics movement around the turn of the twentieth century, with many states passing forced sterilization laws.

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The Nation Is The New God

2025-06-05, day precision · Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

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"Right? Because they figured out if they can measure the skull, then they can make generalizations about the different brains of different cultures. And..."

The Nation Is The New God

2025-06-05, day precision · Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

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"Right? The first is you can do forced sterilization. So people who might be handicapped or they are criminals, you sterilize them to prevent..."

The Nation Is The New God

2025-06-05, day precision · Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

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"...There are many, many states in the United States that pass forced sterilization laws. This is Madison Grant. He wrote a very popular book..."

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