&gt; Industrialists in the US advocated for (and implemented!) forced society-level eugenics<p>That&#x27;s a pretty revisionist phrasing. Eugenics had a much broader base in society than <i>anyone</i>, regardless of politics, should be comfortable with.<p>From the wikipedia page you link to:<p>&quot;Eugenics was widely accepted in the U.S. academic community. By 1928 there were 376 separate university courses in some of the United States&#x27; leading schools, enrolling more than 20,000 students, which included eugenics in the curriculum.&quot;<p>&quot;By 1910, there was a large and dynamic network of scientists, reformers and professionals engaged in national eugenics projects and actively promoting eugenic legislation.&quot;<p>&quot;Public acceptance in the U.S. was the reason eugenic legislation was passed. Almost 19 million people attended the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, open for 10 months from February 20 to December 4, 1915.&quot;