http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/
"American eugenics refers inter alia to compulsory sterilization laws adopted by over 30 states that led to more than 60,000 sterilizations of disabled individuals. Many of these individuals were sterilized because of a disability: they were mentally disabled or ill, or belonged to socially disadvantaged groups living on the margins of society. "
I read this entire link and found no link to the Democratic party of today or of then.
http://nypost.com/2016/03/21/the-progressive-movements-horrible-racist-history/
Read this and it made me ashamed Woodrow Wilson was a Democrat. Sounds like he was a racist douche. As was the rest of the party at the time. Still not sure if this has even 1 Iota of relevance to today or if you just want to harken back to the time where uniquely in history the Republican party was less bigoted.
https://mises.org/library/progressive-era-economics-and-legacy-jim-crow
Went to this site more about why Woodrow Wilson was horrible, why Jim Crow laws were terrible . Then the article strangely tries to claim democrats went after Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb and that this was comparable to sterilization and racism. Interesting?
Here is where the article tries to sell its point saying modern liberal thinking is identical to the progressive era:
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Government cannot regulate an increasing supply of goods into existence, period; it only can reduce that supply because regulation adds costs to production and the distribution of goods.
Progressive Policy as an Extension of Jim Crow
So, where does Progressivism and Jim Crow fit into this picture? The answer is disarmingly simple, yet rejected even by modern black Progressives who seemingly have embraced the very economic doctrines that help hold back African-American economic progress.
Regulation by government by definition restricts economic output, thus creating economic rents that are distributed, at least in part, on a political basis. Thus, people who are best politically-connected will be at the head of the line and those not connected will be at the back. It is that simple. The history of Progressive labor laws, especially those from earlier in the twentieth century, are a history of blatant attempts by powerful white labor unions to legislate black workers out of the workplace altogether."
Implication is that social democracy only rewards the people well connected and first in line. Simply a silly argument. But ill let you explain why its true.