Soviet genetics theory held that acquired traits produce innate master and subject races

Evidence

Very interesting in this respect are the new theories of Soviet Russian genetics. Inheritance of acquired characteristics clearly means that populations living under unfavorable conditions pass on poorer hereditary endowment and vice versa. “In a word, we should have innate master and subject races.” — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2427

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is a striking claim — Arendt citing Soviet genetics as theorizing innate racial hierarchy. Worth chasing the original Muller citation to verify it and understand the ideological stakes.
• SEED: A piece could be written on how Lamarckian genetics furnished scientific racial hierarchy outside the Nazi framework — race-thinking as trans-ideological.