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China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

America did forcibly sterilize lots of people

https://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/#:~:text=American%20eugenic%20laws%20and%20practices,stepping%20stone%20to%20the%20Holocaust.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_American_women?wprov=sfla1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe_most_significant_era_of%2Clegislation_in_the_United_States.?wprov=sfla1

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yikes, I was specifically referring to Muslims, but yeah looks like America isn't even better than that.