For some reason Swastikas seem to be one of the most popular items of graffiti in abandoned buildings. However, knowing the history of state schools and Eugenics, I find it ironic that vandals would choose the symbol of Nazi Germany to tag a place like Belchertown. Eugenics was a scientific study of the heredity of particular traits such as feeble mindedness or idiocy. Scientists across the nation studied the theory that idiots begat idiots, continuing to increase the populations of state facilities. They then suggested that these individuals, those who tested with low IQs, be sterilized so as not to continue to breed more idiots. Eventually it was these ideas that fueled Hitler's campaign to rid Germany of those he felt were unfit in order to create his master race.
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