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I wish darwin expressed more opinions about evolution in human civilization, especially about answering Spencer's "survival of the fittest", as it would have he
by jokoon 5y ago
I wish darwin expressed more opinions about evolution in human civilization, especially about answering Spencer's "survival of the fittest", as it would have helped settle a lot of political talk.
Social darwinism is quite well alive today, when you hear people say that poor people deserve their situation, and that poverty is a normal product of meritocracy.
- Proven 5y ago[dead]
- gbear605 5y agoUnfortunately I doubt that Darwin saying more would have prevented that. Perhaps they would call it something else, but more likely they would just ignore it. There are plenty of things that Adam Smith said against modern capitalism, but that doesn’t stop people from holding him up as an icon. (And the same is true for basically every ideology and religion!)