"I do not pretend that birth control is the only way in which population can be kept from increasing... War ... has hitherto been disappointing in this respect, but perhaps bacteriological war may prove more effective. If a Black Death could be spread throughout the world once in every generation survivors could procreate freely without making the world too full... The state of affairs might be somewhat unpleasant, but what of that? Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people's... There are three ways of securing a society that shall be stable as regards population. The first is that of birth control, the second that of infanticide or really destructive wars, and the third that of general misery except for a powerful minority..." — Bertrand Russell, "The Impact of Science on Society", 1953
Was he being ingenuous in 1953? Urging like-minded adherents onward. Or disingenuous? Issuing a cloaked warning of percolating evil to perceptive constituents of the masses.
Human history betrays us all to be eugenicists on a small scale, inasmuch as we pursue and choose mates based on various aspects of their minds, bodies, and personalities. Selective breeding, as it were. That stated, I too abstain from vaccines and abhor the many chemical pollutants in our environment. Albeit, I do not know if a vast conspiracy can be traced and proven. Nevertheless, discussion of this possibility is not imprudent.
"Live free and die free" remains my motto, as I try to safely navigate around propagandistic and ecological minefields.
P.S. Eugenecists is misspelled (eugenicists/eugenists)
It’s a sad, all too familiar story: harsh, distant, alcoholic father, sensitive, shy daughter always seeking his love and approval. Although there were flashes of kindness, most of my dad’s feelings had been buried long before. Even as...
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Staraj says,
"I do not pretend that birth control is the only way in which population can be kept from increasing... War ... has hitherto been disappointing in this respect, but perhaps bacteriological war may prove more effective. If a Black Death could be spread throughout the world once in every generation survivors could procreate freely without making the world too full... The state of affairs might be somewhat unpleasant, but what of that? Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people's... There are three ways of securing a society that shall be stable as regards population. The first is that of birth control, the second that of infanticide or really destructive wars, and the third that of general misery except for a powerful minority..." — Bertrand Russell, "The Impact of Science on Society", 1953Was he being ingenuous in 1953? Urging like-minded adherents onward. Or disingenuous? Issuing a cloaked warning of percolating evil to perceptive constituents of the masses.
Human history betrays us all to be eugenicists on a small scale, inasmuch as we pursue and choose mates based on various aspects of their minds, bodies, and personalities. Selective breeding, as it were. That stated, I too abstain from vaccines and abhor the many chemical pollutants in our environment. Albeit, I do not know if a vast conspiracy can be traced and proven. Nevertheless, discussion of this possibility is not imprudent.
"Live free and die free" remains my motto, as I try to safely navigate around propagandistic and ecological minefields.
P.S. Eugenecists is misspelled (eugenicists/eugenists)
tcrog1020 says,
Not doing so well, you fell into the wordnazi trap.