There's a dizzying amount of stupidity on this board (that's on a level I invariably avoid engaging in for obvious reasons), making your comment stand out as one coming from an intelligent being, thus why I'm bothering...
That said, I'm challenging the following statement:
The right-wing [...] were the only people who actually tried to implement eugenics in the real world as a state policy...
Eugenic aims, in the form of compulsory sterilization policies implement by various governments, were quite
popular throughout the world from the late 1800s until after the end of WWII when, in light of Hitler's actions, such endeavours were then seen as a negative. Nonetheless, and though it still goes on today in some parts of the world, it took much time for laws to change, e.g. California repealed its eugenic laws in 1963; Alberta in 1972; Czech government held sterilization practices from 1973 to 2001. These are just a few examples, and International laws barring such practices didn't come into force until 2002 (Rome Statute).
Keep in mind that the motivation wasn't always
blood; some efforts were linked to population control (#s, not race) while others targeted mental and physical handicaps, as well as asocial sexual and criminal behaviours, which could, as was believed, be genetically passed on.
So, examining the myriad cases of "real world" policy implementations, how can anyone claim this as a right-wing-related issue (or even a left-wing one, for that matter)? It seems to me--and though I don't have a ready-answer to such a complex subject--that such policies transgress political ideologies, though political ideology affects its imposition.
Ignorance is bliss... 'til it posts on the Internet, then, it's annoying.
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