In a message dated 8/26/2009 1:23:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cb31...@gmail.com writes:
>> His "what's wrong with eugenics ?" I took as half joking, not to advocate in favor of the well known historically racist eugenics efforts. Not all historical eugenics theories were based on a theory of races.<< Comment Fair enough. I did not think he was joking. Chalk it up to my bad sense of humor. My starting point was the founder of eugenics - 1865. My premise was as eugenics has been advocated for in America, rather than say Istanbul. What is wrong with eugenics - in the epoch of the bourgeois mode of production, rather than the health movement of say 4,000 years ago, is its concept of "creating better people." >> I'd say Trotsky's discussion of eugenics is not racist in the sense of espousing a theory of human races as the basis for making eugenics decisions.<< Count my comments on Trotsky's statement in support of eugenics as half joking. His vision of a future America, as presented in the letter suggested by a writer, was probably Trotsky half joking also. I of course do not support or advocate for eugenics. Do you? WL. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
