... human social problems -- such as alcoholism, feeblemindedness, rebelliousness, nomadism, criminality, and prostitution (Eugenics Movement Archive). Eugenics movements were not only taking place in such extremist countries such as Nazi Germany, these movements actually spread through into Great Britain and the United States of America. In the early 1900s America had put involuntary sterilization laws into place as well as ... no evidence that admirable traits were hereditary or having a proper way to identify them, eugenicists avoided the science aspect as much as possible and tried to zer...

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... 's, who was executed in Ohio on February 17, 2011, "Spisak was executed for the murders of three men and was characterized as a Nazi sympathizer. After his execution, his lawyers said "The media will focus on the 'nazi' propaganda of the prosecution...the truth is [Spisak] was seriously mentally ill and committed the crimes because of this mental illness, not because of hate ... ...

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... time of the cold war, the world consisted of two superior powers, America, and the USSR. Nearing the defeat of Nazi-Germany in WWII, The 1945 Yalta Conference (Winston, Churchill and Roosevelt) decided that the countries which were liberated from Nazi control, could have governments which were "friendly to the USSR", and it was agreed that Eastern Europe could be seen as ... sectors, including the copper mines, in which the US had substantial investment. In 1964, the CIA was secretly instructed to influence the Chilean election. They began their huge anti-communism propaganda campaign, ...

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... Depression worsened conditions and people became even unhappier with the government. This atmosphere gave way to the rise of the popularity of extreme political parties such as the NSDAP or Nazi Party and the Communist Party, who offered control in a time of chaos. The tense atmosphere in both countries was perfect for the rise of both Hitler and Roosevelt. Roosevelt ran ... a picture of confidence and hope." (White, 1986:149) It was this image that allowed him to win the election by a landslide. In Germany, Hitler, who was the leader of the Nazi Party, "promised to take action to impro...

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