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Just a thought I had. Epigenetic genetic changes in response to trauma is proven science. Each generation has its own personality and mass trauma event. I can't help but feel that someone figured this out around 1900 and has been using it to force us down a certain evolutionary path ever since.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fepid.2023.1066158/full#:~:text=Epigenetic%20effects%20from%20exposure%20to,in%20children%20exposed%20to%20war.