Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · edit-22 months ago71% of Americans think the US should spend more on "assistance to the poor". But if you use the word "welfare" that number drops to 30%lemmy.worldimagemessage-square167linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1image71% of Americans think the US should spend more on "assistance to the poor". But if you use the word "welfare" that number drops to 30%lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square167linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that modern medicine has saved the life of too many idiots who went on to have idiot children. It’s hard to have that conversation without people assuming you’re venturing into eugenics but it is a real thing.
minus-squareliverbe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIdiocracy is real! I just thought it would actually be hundreds of years into the future, not 20.
I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that modern medicine has saved the life of too many idiots who went on to have idiot children. It’s hard to have that conversation without people assuming you’re venturing into eugenics but it is a real thing.
Idiocracy is real! I just thought it would actually be hundreds of years into the future, not 20.