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Poor people ARE parasitic. They have to be. They gotta eat, right? I'm not blaming them, but that's what you are when you gotta take money from the government; parasitic.
Social Darwinism would state that those poor people who can barely provide for themselves, if at all, should get just what they need to survive but not be allowed to breed through whatever means is politically correct.
Honestly, progressives have been pushing SD for over a century and at the same time, ironically, they have a not in my backyard mentality towards the poor.
I don't see a problem with Social Darwinism, survival of the fittest. ... Mr. President, exactly it was through the efforts of individuals that allowed for this upward mobility, social darwinism if you will. Certainly the government is needed but not to the degree you and your party want.
What is wrong with it is that it is short-sighted, self-interested, and goes against the grain of our deeply ingrained human values. We are not wolves. We did not create a civilized world by acting like wolves, and the wolfish nature of the Social Darwinists is fundamentally what had dragged the civilized world back into the pending feudal times we approach.
Our marauders do not ride up on horseback to burn our homes, steal our hard-earned stores and stock, and rape our women and children. Now they sneak into our laws and degrade our judicial system, allowing them to steal our reserves and take the food from our family's mouths without ever coming near our homes -- which they then steal from under us. Now they drive luxury cars, wear expensive jewels, and build their resorts on our confiscated lands. When we argue that they have treated us unfairly, we are accused of class warfare, and decry: "Survival of the Fittest."
What they, possibly you, do not seem to realize is that every thing and every one that rises will eventually fall and as you practice you teach your young and it is they that one day will stand over your head as they lower the axe, and you will hear the same words as they strip you of all you stole from others.
Social Darwinism has some problems in its application, at the margins. A civil society takes care of those who cannot take care of themselves.
The real issue today is political darwinism. When your windmills slaughter thousands of birds including protected species without punishment, but if my oil drilling settlement pond drowns a few ordinary ducks I get sued and fined...when your NASCAR track or rum importing business gets special tax breaks but my service company pays the full boat...when your home purchase nets you an $8500 windfall but my purchase, a week earlier, gets nothing....when your clunker gets a $4,000 premium out of the common pot and mine does not because it didn't happen in the right month....when your pension gets bailed out by the government with funds removed from my corporate bonds...when my organization must comply with the law but yours gets a waiver and is free to ignore the law....when the whole country is forced to burn food for fuel in its cars for the benefit of corn growers (even in times of drought and scarcity)...this is Political Darwinism.
Survival of the most connected to leaders with massive arbitrary power. This is the process that is slowly impoverishing us.
Oh, that we could strike the right balance between the incredible proven power of a free people striving to unlock the maximum fraction of their own potential, for their own benefit--and the need to take care of those unable to care for themselves! This is the issue of the 21st century.
Mr. President, exactly it was through the efforts of individuals that allowed for this upward mobility, social darwinism if you will. Certainly the government is needed but not to the degree you and your party want.
Where do you fit in this chain? You are not rich sense you complain endlessly about Blacks. Most rich people just don't care about one class of people that much. So whats the deal?
The poor will go down easily. Poverty in this country is highly correlated to IQ. The poor won't be much of an issue in any type of conflict.
You mean us that have fought your wars and been heavily militarily trained? BTW don't count on the current military killing for the rich. Wont happen. Again what would you bring to the table in this effort
Whats wrong with social Darwinism?
Most people have a problem with letting tens of thousands die on the street when most of us have money to spare.
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