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Dating apps and services with a beauty/salary standard and long prison sentences for the worst criminals are also a form of eugenics. Many kinds of societal and political changes have a eugenic or dysgenic effect on the population, and I'd prefer to live in a society that has more eugenic policies.

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People in privileged or powerful positions often would.

People have an aversion to the word "eugenics" because it's often connected to atrocity propaganda from World War II.

I'm not suggesting that every country should have genetic purity tests and policies on the level of Israel, just that we should understand that policies affect what kinds of people are more likely to be produced.

What policies post World War II have had eugenic effects on the population?

The policy forced sterilization of indigenous people that went on from the postwar period up until the start of the 21st century is an excellent example.

No they aren't, because they're not directed at anyone in particular.

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