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That's not "evolutionary pressure", it's corruption.
by protonfish 7y ago
That's not "evolutionary pressure", it's corruption.
- SkyBelow 7y agoThose are not contradictory. It is possible for corruption to thrive because of evolutionary pressure. It is even possible for it to do so despite the result not being obvious for the pressure applied and only a result of second, third, etc. order effects of the pressure.
- maehwasu 7y agoIf you're going to comment, make it substantiative. Arguing over the definitions of words, and not the underlying phenomenon, is the opposite of that. If "corruption", as you prefer to call it, leads to selection pressures and selects for those most "fit" in the arts of corruption, then "evolutionary pressure" is a perfectly adequate metaphor, and likely helpful for analyzing the situation. On a related note, the knee-jerk application of moral terminology rather than clear analysis to government issues is one of the principal hacks that corrupt bureaucracies use to perpetuate themselves.