Back in bad old days of American #eugenics one group of #inferiors (who should be #sterilized or worse) were those afflicted with #Pauperism. Poverty A moral failing. They deserved it said the spoiled #elite like #Trump who never changed a tire or shopped for food but had everything handed to them.
📄 Read in issue 64 of Sociétés Politiques Comparées:
“The migration-overpopulation nexus: a socio-history of the political uses of demography in Malta” (in French)
Lucas Puygrenier
doi.org/10.36253/spc...
#colonialism, #demography, #historicalsociology, #Malta, #overpopulation, #pauperism
"The migration-overpopulation nexus: a socio-history of the political uses of demography in Malta", par Lucas Puygrenier (in French).
👉 doi.org/10.36253/spc...
💬 #colonialism, #demography, historical #sociology, #Malta, #overpopulation, #pauperism.
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#oligarchy rule by the few/elite.
#Pauperism was once considered inheritable, it was on a list including #feeble-mindedness in the bad ole days of American #eugenics.
Kind of like #racism against THE POORS.
