#and also I'm not trying to discount the effect of the culture of your upbringing has on you like i get it it's not great
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This isn't a complete thought and not my usual type of post PLUS involves probably lots of overthinking however I think there's something here
Consider these two types of ideas commonly expressed predominantly by the left leaning/more progressive claiming crowd:
1) eugenics is bad and things based on eugenics are therefore also bad
2) if all these magas/trad wives/crazy evangelicals/people I look down on for having southern US accents/etc keep breeding and none of the smart people breed it's literally going to be Idiocracy out here!!!!1!!1!!1111!!!
Like I know most people say 2 as a joke but the joke is also predicated on the beliefs that intelligence is hereditary and no one ever breaks out of conservative upbringings, both of which we know are 100% untrue AND if you believe that intelligence is hereditary and are therefore unhappy that "stupid" people are breeding,,,,,,,,,,,, that is brought to you by eugenics based thought patterns my dudes
#i think i'm onto something here#but I'm sure people much more educated in this type of thing have said this a lot better than i have here#and also I'm not trying to discount the effect of the culture of your upbringing has on you like i get it it's not great#but that's also not genetic + i truly believe any “stupid” person can become a “smart” person if theyre given resources agency and education#anyway just rambling
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