Can someone tell me the background of the Useless Eater?

FreedRadical

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Tue Oct-30-07 12:23 AM
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Can someone tell me the background of the Useless Eater?

I saw some post that mentioned the useless eater and it stuck with me. Whats the background?

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1000evorlrak

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Tue Oct-30-07 07:18 AM
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1. The trace.....

more or less goes back to Eugenics (term coined by Charles Darwin's cousin Francis Galton), which is essntially applied Darwinism. Useless eaters refers to those that society cares for that are too feeble or weak-minded to provide for themselves; according to eugenics theory it would be better to let them just die, or better yet facilitate their quick death.

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