Comments on: Eugenics in America http://noblelie.com/2008/07/14/eugenics-in-america/ "Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty." -Plato Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:49:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Noble Lie http://noblelie.com/2008/07/14/eugenics-in-america/#comment-12 Noble Lie Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:39:45 +0000 http://noblelie.com/?p=47#comment-12 I thought that was a brave feature, considering it is a not often talked about part of our history. There was at least one Nazi doctor (probably more) that saved their lives in the Nuremburg trials because they could point to scientists in the United States doing the same research with the same methods. A great book on eugenics programs in America is <a href="http://www.waragainsttheweak.com/" rel="nofollow">War Against the Weak</a> by Edwin Black. They were funded by and answered to those big foundations we keep seeing crop up: the <a href="http://www.carnegie-institute.com/" rel="nofollow">Carnegie Institute</a>, the <a href="http://www.rockfound.org/" rel="nofollow">Rockefeller Foundation</a> (who gave funds to Mengele), and the Harriman fortune (Hitler got major funding from Prescott Bush via <a href="http://www.bbh.com/" rel="nofollow">Brown Brothers Harriman</a>). I'm going to start putting "book reports" up here too, when I can get the time and motivation together. Today eugenics hides under the names "genetic research" and "bioethics." Much of it is still funded by the same foundations... Another big one appears to be the <a href="http://www.tides.org/tides-foundation/index.html" rel="nofollow">Tides Foundation</a>, which appears to be a <a href="http://activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/225" rel="nofollow">big slush fund</a> for all these foundations. I know at least one clinic that has gotten a big payout from Tides to move to computerized medical records, which I can't help but think about how much more efficient that is than the punch card systems that Hitler had to rely on (detailed in <a href="http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/" rel="nofollow">IBM and the Holocaust</a>, by the same author). The goals have not changed in my opinion; the public relations behind it has. The reason is still "clearing the weeds" from the human garden, in the (supposed) words of Margaret Sanger. I thought that was a brave feature, considering it is a not often talked about part of our history. There was at least one Nazi doctor (probably more) that saved their lives in the Nuremburg trials because they could point to scientists in the United States doing the same research with the same methods.

A great book on eugenics programs in America is War Against the Weak by Edwin Black. They were funded by and answered to those big foundations we keep seeing crop up: the Carnegie Institute, the Rockefeller Foundation (who gave funds to Mengele), and the Harriman fortune (Hitler got major funding from Prescott Bush via Brown Brothers Harriman). I’m going to start putting “book reports” up here too, when I can get the time and motivation together.

Today eugenics hides under the names “genetic research” and “bioethics.” Much of it is still funded by the same foundations… Another big one appears to be the Tides Foundation, which appears to be a big slush fund for all these foundations. I know at least one clinic that has gotten a big payout from Tides to move to computerized medical records, which I can’t help but think about how much more efficient that is than the punch card systems that Hitler had to rely on (detailed in IBM and the Holocaust, by the same author). The goals have not changed in my opinion; the public relations behind it has. The reason is still “clearing the weeds” from the human garden, in the (supposed) words of Margaret Sanger.

]]> By: Paul M. Peterson http://noblelie.com/2008/07/14/eugenics-in-america/#comment-10 Paul M. Peterson Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:50:35 +0000 http://noblelie.com/?p=47#comment-10 Fascinating and horrible. Fascinating and horrible.

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