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Why Channel 4's 'The Experiment' Is Sparking Major Controversy

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Channel 4's The Experiment set out on a mission to see how willing the British public are to accept Nazi ideology towards disabled people if it were presented as 'progressive social care'. Yup... you're reading that right.

The film manufactured a fake residential care facility called SegriLife House, creating the conditions to test whether members of the British public would be persuaded (or tricked) by ideas that take their root from Nazi ideals of eugenics. The documentary tests unsuspecting individuals and repackages the secret Nazi Aktion T4 disability "euthanasia" program as a modern, progressive social care strategy.

The show is hosted by actor Mat Fraser and disability rights activist Sophie Morgan, who are worried that the disabled community around the world is being framed as a financial burden.…

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