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[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is an extremely popular opinion among those who've not unpacked that what you're describing is eugenics

[–] ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is not, at all, eugenics. Nothing in my unpopular opinion has anything to do with genetic traits

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

whatever metrics you use to decide who gets to procreate, you will certainly bias the gene pool. That's eugenics