Jonah Goldberg has a great summary of the history of the Eugenics/Depopulation aspect of the Culture of Death in this recent piece that he wrote for NRO that Steve Ertelt posted at LifeNews:
As I write this, Americas population reportedly has passed the 300 million mark. The most remarkable aspect of this landmark event is how unremarkable it really is.If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and a Cinematograph working brightly, and then Id go out in back streets and main streets and bring them all in, all the sick ... the maimed; I would lead them gently, and they would smile me a weary thanks ...
That was D. H. Lawrence daydreaming about population control. He was hardly alone. During the so-called Progressive Era, enlightened social planners were convinced that overpopulation was the gravest problem facing Western society. Thats why Lawrence gave three cheers for the inventors of poison gas.
Read the rest at Marlowe's Shade

