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You're not being descriptive. You're trying to equate a positive body of theory (Darwinian evolution) as necessarily implying a syncretic, normative body of the
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
You're not being descriptive. You're trying to equate a positive body of theory (Darwinian evolution) as necessarily implying a syncretic, normative body of theory (Social Darwinism, which varies from laissez-faire to collectivist interpretations, largely because most of it has scantly to do with actual Darwinism).
In other words, you're committing a naturalistic fallacy. It should also be noted that much of "Social Darwinism" is actually quite old, going back to Plato's endorsement of selective, rationed breeding in The Republic.