No I’m not a fascist (at least I hope not…)
I’m trying to understand why we’ve normalised the idea of eugenics in dogs (e.g. golden retrievers are friendly and smart, chihuahas are aggressive, etc.)¹ but find the idea of racial classification in humans abhorrent.
I can sort of see it from the idea that Nurture (culture and upbringing) would have a greater effect on a human’s characteristics than Nature would.
At the same time, my family tree has many twins and I’ve noticed that the identical ones have similar outcomes in life, whereas the fraternal ones (even the ones that look very similar) don’t really (N=3).
Maybe dog culture is not a thing, and that’s why people are happy to make these sweeping generalizations on dog characterics?
I’m lost a little
1: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/df/74/f7/df74f716c3a70f59aeb468152e4be927.png
You are more than a little lost. We do this with plants too. Societies draw lines. This is where the line is right now. Eugenics used to be perfectly acceptable. The line moved. Eventually people will realize the AKC sets dispicable standards and the line will move a little toward breeding out unhealthy characteristics at least. There will always be Individuals like yourself that are extreme outliers. I wouldn’t predict society would ever move the level of wokeness you have achieved and abandon selective pet breeding but who knows.
It’s hard to gauge tone over the internet, but yours seems disparaging