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They tried to do this deliberately in the early 20th century, incentivise college professors to breed and so on. Events transpired to make eugenics programmes unacceptable however.


I think nugget's point wasn't about eugenics so much as discouraging the concentration of wealth in specific groups.


hahaha, really? I'm curious, is there any writings or media on this phenomenon? was it similar to the danish "Do it for mom" campaign (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B00grl3K01g)?




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