Equal opportunity.

Should vaccinations be mandatory? I say yes, I believe it is criminal negligence for parents not to do something so vital for their children's health and the same applies for ensuring their children are in good mental health. I believe that democracy depends on it's people and that the physical development and education of children can be categorised as the preservation of justice. They should be taught to be critical thinkers and they should be taught the skills they need to survive in the outside world so they don't plunge into poverty any time in their life.

All welfare should be redirected towards children, so that we can begin the process of getting adults to pay for the next generation as repayment for their upbringing. The USA has crossed the threshold of overpopulation and population growth is no longer as easy as importing workers determinned to escape oppression from whatever beshevelled region of the planet they are from.

>>1

The only reason you say yes is because you're for eugenics. Eugenics should not be implimented at all if it's done on a nationalist level like this.

I agree with OP; children are the people who need the most protection and help in society (since they know nothing about how to live until taught).

Eugenics don't have to be bad: if the state funds the removal of genes that make a foetus vulnerable to cancer or whatever, that's good. If parents can pay to have that privately, that's good too (and doesn't cost tax money).

>>3
The problem with that is while it sounds good on paper, if implemented, could be used for tyrannical purposes to keep the people from ever gaining the ability to revolt, and the state will hold power over them without question. Throughout history, tyranny has been able to run afoot with its campaign of doing so initially for good, not evil. History always tell us that quite the opposite eventually occurs. And the mantra of doing so to "save the children" has such an influencing effect, that it has successfully convinced you and the OP that this is okay to do.

Very troubling times we live in in this day and age.

>>4
We are in a period of enormous technological growth, prosperity, egalitarianism and and freedom unseen in history.

>>5
If this is not a troll, then wow.

>>5
>>6
I agree with >>5.  Unfortunately it's beginning to slip away.  We have everything we need to step forward, but are about to fall hard because of the same old problems; unscrupulous ambitious fools, and a, forgive me but, a deliberately ignorant "nigger rich" populous.

>>6
When was the last time we had such levels of technology, prosperity, egalitarianism and freedom?

The 90s?

What the fuck are you thinking here?

This whole thread is a joke. You all forget the crucial ingredient in American democracy. FREEDOM. We have the right to raise our children how we see fit. I personally would not want the government to step in and tell me how to raise my children. I brought them into this world and i know what's best for them. Everyone has different beliefs and because of that we could never come to a national consensus on how to implement such a scheme. Besides, this kind of plan would only work in a "true" communist society, where everyone had the same amount of resources to dedicate to child rearing.

And another thing, what on earth makes you think that the US is on the "threshold" of overpopulation? Have you been living under a rock? You want to see overpopulation check out the stats on China and India. Then you can come back here and talk about overpopulation.

As for eugenics (how this came up is beyond me) again it's something that goes against our most fundamental of rights.  Who among us has the right to play god and decide who lives and who dies? What traits proliferate and which do not? As for the cancer reference, most of the human population is at some point in their life vulnerable to cancer. It's not some gene that can be "altered/removed" by careful breeding programs. Better to invest the tax money on research and development for better treatment or even a cure.

It's true humanity has made a lot of progress. A lot of it has to do with humanity becoming more educated and our ability to learn from our mistakes. It's our natural inclination, it aids in our survival.

I can't wait until society finally spits out all these ignorant racist pigs that seem to plague our great country. How can they not see that they are one of the biggest problems our country faces? We're all equal...that's what it says in plain fucking English in the goddamn Constitution. We're all citizens of the same damn country and the only way we're going to fix our country's problems is by working together. It's very funny to hear you talk about progress and education while you're emanating the stench of ignorance. People like you put your country to shame.