I’m not saying that discouraging reproduction is eugenics. I’m saying that @Aitherios@lemmy.ml’s attempt at defining Eugenics is wrong. Saying it’s about producing the best “GENES” possible is just post-hoc reasoning to make it sounds more scientific.

Eugenics is based on 19th century racial science. If someone is advocating for any sort of population control that uses that framework (of bettering the “race”), they’re doing eugenics.

A good example of what’s not eugenics is China’s one-child policy. It wasn’t aimed at creating a “better” race of any kind, and It actually provided exemptions for ethnic minorities. The goal wasn’t to create a better type of human race, it was to prevent the population from growing faster that what the economy could support. IMO it was probably unnecessary, but definitely wasn’t eugenics.

However, if there was an alternate reality where china instituted the one-child policy only for ethnic minorities in an effort to make the nation a pure Han state, that would be eugenics. If they did it based on IQ, that would be eugenics. And if they exempted minorities from the policy out of a belief that the Han were inferior, that would also be genetics

Eugenics is about producing the best GENES possible

“Eugenics” was a term decades before “genes”

Even if the etymology was different, you’d still be very wrong [about what “eugenics” is]

dude loves being hospitalized

Your gonna install it, click settings, advanced, and look for “Network Interface.” There will be a drop down menu. Click it and select the mullvad option. Mine is “wg0-mullvad” then click apply.

This step is important. If you don’t do it, then qb will use any network interface. So as you’re running the VPN it’ll probably use that. But if the vpn drops, qb will look for the interface that does work, work and just use that. So you’ll still be able to torrent, even if the VPN is off. By selecting the mullvad (or whatevre your vpn is) option, you’re telling the app to only use that vpn, and not the normal connection.

Also, the search feature on qbittorrent is great. I can usually find what I’m looking for without ever opening a browser

Ah, cool. That sounds useful for like if you’re recording at a protest/action

The fascists (including the blue ones) are really doing a speedrun to see how quickly they can destroy US academic and technological hegemony

The same company (Xiaomi) that makes the car Ford’s CEO drives

Who needs peer-reviewed science when you can just listen to western spy agencies?

I can. Be nice and I might.

masterful gambit

gotta get rid of the competition

The Economist in 2032:

China diverts doomsday asteroid… but at what cost?

OK, but they were dumb not to see it before. Biden sponsored a genocide, Obama had a worldwide drone assasination program, Bush invaded Iraq under false pretense, and on and on

It Hurt Itself in Its Confusion!

… But at what cost?

waow

It’s so disturbing to see libs cheer on the meat grinder

Negotiating a political settlement isn’t “giving up”. Turning off the meat grinder is not “giving up”

I use either KDE Connect (/gnome connect), or firefox

Different pronunciation. Kanye’s ye is “yay” while the plural second person pronoun “ye” is pronounce like “Yee”