On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history

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    1 year ago

    Not having children is the most impactful individual change one can make, well over going vegan.

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      Becoming a vegan anti-natalist is the most impact a person can make.

      I am uncertain of the numbers regarding both individually. You might be right.

      Personally, I think both are important.

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        No it is not. Eugenics is an attempt to improve the genetic quality of a human population.

        We are talking about an attempt to stop climate change. We are not trying to “improve” the genetics of human population.

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          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.

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            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.

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            Braindead take. We don’t need more children to be born into a world of suffering.

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          We are talking about an attempt to stop climate change

          those are the trappings, but the method is bare eugenics

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            No it is not. Eugenics is a pseudo-science about improvement of genetics. Period.

            Trying to avoid climate catastrophe is not about improving genetics.

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              Eugenics is a pseudo-science about improvement of genetics. Period

              no, it’s not, even the wikipedia article we both love disputes this claim plainly.

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              Trying to avoid climate catastrophe is not about improving genetics.

              if the method by which you try to avoid it is eugenicist, then it is.

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          1 year ago

          i suggest we figure out a way to maintain the habitability of the planet without eugenics.

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            Right, but from a “carbon footprint” perspective, making new humans is the worst thing a human could do for their footprint. What we need to get away from is the argument that our individual carbon footprints are too high. I mean, they are, but the ruling class is a lot more egregious.