Yep. I did my thesis on Native American nonprofits, and in the course of picking that, came across a number of case studies (mostly anecdotal) about forced sterilization. Going to the clinic for just about any type of surgery (or even none at all, but being put under nonetheless), and many women discovered after the fact - then, or much later - that they'd been sterilized. Rampant abuse of a population that's just heart-rending and horrendous.
I'm aware of the theories behind eugenics. I wonder what it would change if the population is that much over the top. I am aware that posited along with excessive population are certain side effects - lower birth weight, higher malnutrition, illnesses, all sorts of bad things that come from not enough resources to feed a population that's squeezed into really tight spots. With nature so randomly creating sections of the population unable to bear children (and the military's drugs and drug testing doing its share, as well - think the speed they currently give fighter pilots) - I can't see there being a huge push to narrow the population *further* except by those potential parents desperate to up their own chances. If the majority of the population has, by birth or accident, become 'neutral', there's two ways to go: either the minority/fertile rules over a second-class majority, or the majority/neutral rules over a second-class breeding population.
Odd, hunh. I do know there have been holes poked in Malthus' theories, but I guess we'll have to wait until habibti signs on and we can hear the economic end of things.
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Date: 22 Nov 2004 04:12 pm (UTC)I'm aware of the theories behind eugenics. I wonder what it would change if the population is that much over the top. I am aware that posited along with excessive population are certain side effects - lower birth weight, higher malnutrition, illnesses, all sorts of bad things that come from not enough resources to feed a population that's squeezed into really tight spots. With nature so randomly creating sections of the population unable to bear children (and the military's drugs and drug testing doing its share, as well - think the speed they currently give fighter pilots) - I can't see there being a huge push to narrow the population *further* except by those potential parents desperate to up their own chances. If the majority of the population has, by birth or accident, become 'neutral', there's two ways to go: either the minority/fertile rules over a second-class majority, or the majority/neutral rules over a second-class breeding population.
Odd, hunh. I do know there have been holes poked in Malthus' theories, but I guess we'll have to wait until