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On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agothat’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.
minus-squareF_Haxhausen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoNo. 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.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agogenocide is also propaganda that encourages one segment of the population to cease reproduction.
minus-squareWhiteHawk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agothat is true, but eugenics is something very different
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoin this case, it’s a synonymous use. they are totally equivalent in this respect.
minus-squareGabu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBraindead take. We don’t need more children to be born into a world of suffering.
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.
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.
genocide is also propaganda that encourages one segment of the population to cease reproduction.
that is true, but eugenics is something very different
in this case, it’s a synonymous use. they are totally equivalent in this respect.
Braindead take. We don’t need more children to be born into a world of suffering.