Eugenics In addition to socialism, Shaw was an advocate of eugenics. Extermination must be put on a scientific basis if it is ever to be carried out humanely and apologetically as well as thoroughly, he wrote. [I]f we desire a certain type of civilization and culture we must exterminate the sort of people who do not fit into it.[18] In one public address, recorded in a March 5, 1931 newsreel, Shaw gave expression to the Nazi doctrine of life unworthy of life (Lebensunwertes Leben):[19] “ You must all know half a dozen people at least who are no use in this world, who are more trouble than they are worth. Just put them there and say Sir, or Madam, now will you be kind enough to justify your existence? If you can’t justify your existence, if you’re not pulling your weight, and since you wont, if you’re not producing as much as you consume or perhaps a little more, then, clearly, we cannot use the organizations of our society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us and it can’t be of very much use to yourself.[20
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