War on the Weak: Eugenics in America

This documentary depicts the U.S. Eugenic legislation throughout the early 20th Century and chronicles the compulsory sterilization faced by many Americans. "War on the Weak" continues to analyze negative eugenics by discussing the U.S. Supreme Court case of Buck v. Bell. Furthermore, the parallels present among U.S. and Nazi ideologies on the nature of eugenics are presented, along with an exposition on the affinity Nazi scientists had for U.S. eugenics laws. The documentary concludes with a look at modern genetic research and leaves the viewer with the hopeful message of a society free of ailments but warns of the dangers on science that is not kept in check with the moral values of humanity.

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[solidfox13]

until Child comes out with an extra finger nail. lol troll

[thedevo01]

Wooptidoo, congra-fucking-lations! Spartans took good care of their society's health throwing the weak and disabled off a cliff!

I am 100% pro-eugenics!

[Homemadegameguru]

@PrinceSamanti What? I'm not American and I didn't mention anything about a god. Don't miss the real story and horror of what eugenics is about and how it was used by people to hurt people. Human beings just use the God excuse to do whatever things they want and expect forgiveness afterward. It doesn't matter if there is a god or not - people are the true root of evil acts since the dawn of time.

[PrinceSamanti]

@Homemadegameguru

You consider yourself well educated...right...but I hope you are not another American idiot who believes in God

[PrinceSamanti]

I am for a worldwide eugenic system.....

[12flemings]

These comment are scaring the shit out of me...

[ToaoRaj]

@hijacker050 I partly agree with you. Though I disagree with the idea that a gene's worthlessness warrants its removal from human populations. "Worthlessness", to me, is benign. The definition of what's worthless can also be easily changed to fit certain people's prejudices and, in the process, many benign or even beneficial genes could be erased from human populations for no reason other than bigotry. The idea of race or ethnicity should be wholly discarded in this topic.

[LlamaBeetyPictures57]

@ToaoRaj Nobody has the right to tell another person what to do if that person is not inflicting upon the rights of others. In theory Eugenics sounds just dandy but what if someone sterilized you because of a fault underlying gene? Utopian societies will never exist and you try to make one, you will end up with a totalitarian dictator ship.

[rawnotion22]

God this was watered down

[yabitchonmydikk]

we wouldnt have so many wastes of space sum bags walking around today if we had eugenics programs in place.