lmm comments on Rationality Quotes April 2014 - LessWrong

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Comment author: lmm 14 April 2014 07:10:32PM *  0 points [-]

Was the forceful kind ever an obviously correct/leftist position? To my mind non-violent eugenics is still obviously the correct thing where we just need to wait until the luddites die off - it's just the association with the Nazis has given ludditery a big (but ultimately temporary) boost.

Comment author: bramflakes 15 April 2014 09:05:28AM 2 points [-]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_sterilisation_in_Sweden

The authors theorized that the best solution for the Swedish welfare state ("folkhem") was to prevent at the outset the hereditary transfer of undesirable characteristics that caused the individual affected to become sooner or later a burden on society. The authors therefore proposed a "corrective social reform” under which sterilization was to prevent "nonviable individuals” from spreading their undesirable traits.[4]

Comment author: Lumifer 14 April 2014 07:15:28PM 1 point [-]

non-violent eugenics

Do you actually mean non-coercive? There are great many ways to apply pressure on people without actually getting violent....