@SarahV2K Mostly this bit. All eugenics is tied up in a misunderstanding of the idea of evolutionary "fitness," which was then bound to notions of cleanliness and health which invariably saw minorities, immigrants, the poor, &, of course, the disabled, as "dirty"…
https://twitter.com/Wolven/status/1349065976424390658
@SarahV2K …or "broken," or othewise "unfit."
In the early 20th century, this began to be tied to notions of the Pure Land, or "unspoiled nature," and philosophers like Heidegger began to form the basis for how the Nazi ideologies would incorporate the American & British eugenics programs
In the early 20th century, this began to be tied to notions of the Pure Land, or "unspoiled nature," and philosophers like Heidegger began to form the basis for how the Nazi ideologies would incorporate the American & British eugenics programs
@SarahV2K …And so this notion of "naturalness" & "purity" being tied to "health" & "fitness" & "rightness" became both a moral & an ecological stance as to how people "ought to" live their lives.
A sense of "Nature is to be tended & revered because it is the birthright of the pure & fit"
A sense of "Nature is to be tended & revered because it is the birthright of the pure & fit"
@SarahV2K And so: "Clean eating" as opposed to "dirty" eating, "wrong" eating, "impure" eating is an outgrowth of the eugenicist project, honestly tracing back to Kellogg. If you "eat clean" then you'll "stay fit" and you'll thus be "worthy" of inheriting the "pure land."
Et cetera.
Et cetera.
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