@hendrik It's not. Since Hoche's and Binding's book "Die Freigabe der Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens" in 1920 the #political #ideology encompasses the active killing of or measures not prolonging the #life of those deemed “unworthy of life” – among other reasons because they would waste society's resources. The #Nazis implemented this in “Aktion T” program, but also highly decentralized in #hospitals and #psychiatric institutions by reducing #medical treatment or #food .
@hendrik It's not. Since Hoche's and Binding's book "Die Freigabe der Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens" in 1920 the #political #ideology encompasses the active killing of or measures not prolonging the #life of those deemed “unworthy of life” – among other reasons because they would waste society's resources. The #Nazis implemented this in “Aktion T” program, but also highly decentralized in #hospitals and #psychiatric institutions by reducing #medical treatment or #food .
Hendrik #Streeck ,a leading politician in #Germany 's #CDU #government party (and #university professor of #medicine ), has questioned the provision of expensive #drugs to the very elderly because of the high costs for #society. This brings #eugenics back into the #political debate in a country in which arguments for improving national efficiency by eliminating what the #Nazis termed ‘useless eaters’ or ‘lives not worth living' once became the #scientific rationale for #euthanasia .
Hendrik #Streeck ,a leading politician in #Germany 's #CDU #government party (and #university professor of #medicine ), has questioned the provision of expensive #drugs to the very elderly because of the high costs for #society. This brings #eugenics back into the #political debate in a country in which arguments for improving national efficiency by eliminating what the #Nazis termed ‘useless eaters’ or ‘lives not worth living' once became the #scientific rationale for #euthanasia .