Episode 386: Eugenics and Philanthropy
Podcast: The Fact HunterPublished On: Wed Dec 17 2025
Description: Eugenics and Philanthropy traces how elite philanthropy helped turn population control from an openly coercive ideology into a polished system of policy, metrics, and “care.” Beginning with early American eugenics, the episode follows the money and institutions that reframed social problems as biological ones and elevated experts to manage reproduction, poverty, and dependency from the top down. What once relied on laws and quotas evolved into benchmarks, grants, and administrative pressure, with accountability consistently pushed onto those closest to the harm.This investigation connects figures like Andrew Carnegie and the foundations he inspired to research centers, courts, and modern development pipelines. It examines how ideas about “fitness” were laundered through science, law, and later humanitarian language, migrating from heredity labs to health systems and development programs. Along the way, it exposes how narrative funding, litigation engines, and international bodies normalize outcomes while insulating architects from responsibility.Email: thefacthunter@mail.comWebsite: https://www.thefacthunter.comSubStack: https://substack.com/@thefacthunterShow Notes:Anti-Semites https://x.com/seethroughit2/status/2000612792794034370?s=20 Fake News Pro-Palestine https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2000587471667560664?s=20 Rabbi Kaploun https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/2000624202202718649?s=20 Costs of War https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu Google trends https://x.com/RealFactHunter/status/2000647417708863831?s=20Carnegie 990: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/131628151
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