Genetic disloyalty -- a Russian invention?

[Robert Harris]

Original idea, I think -- that it is possible to be genetically disloyal, and therefore should not be allowed to vote. Or maybe not so original. The Nazis deem to have had a similar notion, only they didn't let the Jews live.


JUSTICE MINISTRY WARNS PARTY OVER EXTREMIST STATEMENTS. The Justice
Ministry has sent a warning to the National Power Party of Russia
(NDPR) regarding an interview one of its leaders, Boris Mironov, gave
to "Moskovskie novosti," in which he expressed "extremist" points of
view, Interfax reported on 8 January. Mironov called for stripping
certain ethnic groups, including Jews, of their voting rights.
According to the agency, the party is required by federal law to
express its disagreement with Mironov's stance within 15 days of the
interview. Mironov advocated depriving "nonnative peoples" of the
right to vote, even if they were born in Russia and their ancestors
lived in Russia for centuries, on the grounds that they are
"genetically disloyal" (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 13 December 2002).
Justice Minister Yurii Chaika announced in October that his agency
would investigate the NDPR, just weeks after the party was formally
registered in September (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 2 October 2002). JAC

From:
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 7, No. 5, Part I, 9 January 2003

[Steve]

You know, I seem to recall similar arguments about "genetic loyalty" being used by the KKK and other racist groups in the U.S., something about how, "inevitably", the genetic loyalty of minority groups will cause them to all unite and turn against white people.

Truly frightening stuff, isn't it?

[Robert Harris]

Most frightening because sometimes governments act on the notion.