I mean, "incest is bad bc of genetic deformities" is a bad argument. There are plenty of scenarios where there's no possibility of having children, and even when there is, it really takes generations for bad stuff to happen. The issue is the social power imbalances that he mentions and then promptly dismisses, for no reason except to make the take hotter.
Those situations are very limited. It only really applies when there's some sort of social force pushing people to inbreed, such as dynastic succession. The argument about abuse and power dynamics is stronger and applies more generally, and is more consistent with broader principles of sexual ethics. The genetic argument may be valid, but it's just not very strong or applicable.
The tail end of the Lion's Lead by Donkeys episode "The Bounty Mutiny and the Cursed History of the Pitcairn Islands" gets into the really dark and grim history of the Pitcairn Islands, where the tiny population was pretty much forced into incestuous relationships in order to propagate.
The chronic systematic serial abuse and rape really can't be overstated.
I mean, "incest is bad bc of genetic deformities" is a bad argument. There are plenty of scenarios where there's no possibility of having children, and even when there is, it really takes generations for bad stuff to happen. The issue is the social power imbalances that he mentions and then promptly dismisses, for no reason except to make the take hotter.
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Those situations are very limited. It only really applies when there's some sort of social force pushing people to inbreed, such as dynastic succession. The argument about abuse and power dynamics is stronger and applies more generally, and is more consistent with broader principles of sexual ethics. The genetic argument may be valid, but it's just not very strong or applicable.
The tail end of the Lion's Lead by Donkeys episode "The Bounty Mutiny and the Cursed History of the Pitcairn Islands" gets into the really dark and grim history of the Pitcairn Islands, where the tiny population was pretty much forced into incestuous relationships in order to propagate.
The chronic systematic serial abuse and rape really can't be overstated.