Democracy and Genetic Engineering

Even though American Democracy has been characterized by some as an 'experiment', Nietzsche, in Beyond Good and Evil #44, is not impressed with it.  In contrast, a better indication of the kind of political experiment that does appeal to him is alluded to in #960 of the Will to Power collection: "the production of international racial unions whose task will be to rear a master race . . . a kind of higher man, who, thanks, to their superiority . . . employ democratic Europe . . . to work as artists upon 'man' himself' . . . politics will have a different meaning."  The interbreeding that he proposes, which anticipates what has come to be known as 'genetic engineering', combines some of the cardinal features of his doctrine--it is an experimental procedure that is rooted in the Will to Power, is guided by Master Morality, and, as unprecedented, is 'of the future'.  It also clarifies his dissatisfaction with Democracy, while, notably, it unequivocally debunks the racist pretensions of the Fascist version of the 'master race'.