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Wasp Elite

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 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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"...this time. And this was posing a real threat to the WASP elite. Okay? And that's why in the United States, this eugenics movement..."

The Nation Is The New God

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

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"at the end of the 19th century, at the end of the 20th century, sorry, at the end of the 19th century, the beginning..."

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