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Sloterdijk on Trial for Eugenics // 247

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PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy

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Apr 16, 2026

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Find all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills This week we read Sloterdijk's 1999 "Rules for the Human Zoo" (https://web.stanford.edu/~mvr2j/docs/Elmauer.pdf) which was the source of immediate controversy and accusations of fascism and eugenics. We see what the hype was about.