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Whether you like it or not, there will always be some aspect of social darwinism in society. Without it, the not-so-smart outbreeding the smart is an inevitability. Ergo, the decline of society and quality of life for all is an inevitability.
Good luck with your "social democracy" once that happens.
Whether you like it or not, there will always be some aspect of social darwinism in society. Without it, the not-so-smart outbreeding the smart is an inevitability. Ergo, the decline of society and quality of life for all is an inevitability.
Good luck with your "social democracy" once that happens.
I believe AeroDC has a thread along this theme. Something about Medicaid paying for 40% of the births in this country.
Whether you like it or not, there will always be some aspect of social darwinism in society. Without it, the not-so-smart outbreeding the smart is an inevitability. Ergo, the decline of society and quality of life for all is an inevitability.
Good luck with your "social democracy" once that happens.
Social darwinsim is not something that has existed since the dawn of man. It has little to do with survival of the fittest or Darwinism. According to Social Darwinism, the cast of Jersey Shore is more fit than almost every on this thread since their income is exponentially higher.
Whether you like it or not, there will always be some aspect of social darwinism in society. Without it, the not-so-smart outbreeding the smart is an inevitability. Ergo, the decline of society and quality of life for all is an inevitability.
Good luck with your "social democracy" once that happens.
Ah, considering how American lauds the fact that this is the land of "Rags to Riches," more often than not as the result of government largesse (see state supported colleges and universities just to name one). So, who gets to decide who should get a head even with modest help and who should not?
Social darwinsim is not something that has existed since the dawn of man. It has little to do with survival of the fittest or Darwinism. According to Social Darwinism, the cast of Jersey Shore is more fit than almost every on this thread since their income is exponentially higher.
Wrong.
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Social Darwinism
noun Sociology . a 19th-century theory, inspired by Darwinism, by which the social order is accounted as the product of natural selection of those persons best suited to existing living conditions and in accord with which a position of laissez-faire is advocated.
Social darwinsim is not something that has existed since the dawn of man. It has little to do with survival of the fittest or Darwinism.
Well I'm going to take a big leap here and assume that the OP's first sentence, "I don't see a problem with Social Darwinism, survival of the fittest." was referring to... survival of the fittest.
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According to Social Darwinism, the cast of Jersey Shore is more fit than almost every on this thread since their income is exponentially higher.
Actually, they are, in our current society. They by definition are more fit in a modern context based solely on the fact that they are able to acquire more money from others.
We have evolved far past physical fitness being the only form of fitness.
Although I would venture to say that if we were truly living under natural selection to its fullest extent, anyone stupid enough to hand over a dollar to the producers of Jersey Shore would not fare well enough to have a dollar to spare.
Social darwinsim is not something that has existed since the dawn of man.
Actually nothing could be further from the truth. While there are certainly examples of ancient societies casting off the elderly and the infirmed there just as many examples, even evidence from the earliest presences of modern humans, that demonstrate societies caring for the infirm and thus less productive members. And even in the most primitive societies, the children of the society are equally cared for regardless of status within that society.
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According to Social Darwinism, the cast of Jersey Shore is more fit than almost every on this thread since their income is exponentially higher.
And I foolishly thought that this was an intelligent discussion. The cast of Jersey Shore would be broke and walking the streets if society didn't support their unproductive lifestyles.
According to social darwinsim, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton , because of their social status and income, are more fit than you and almost every member on this board.
Bow and worship the Kardashians and Mike the Situation, for they are your superior
Ah, considering how American lauds the fact that this is the land of "Rags to Riches," more often than not as the result of government largesse (see state supported colleges and universities just to name one). So, who gets to decide who should get a head even with modest help and who should not?
That's something I can't answer with specificity. In fact, if there is one thing I would not mind the government spending billions upon billions of dollars on, it is education. My only point, if you read my post, is that some element of survival of the fittest will always be present in society, so it is not an issue of whether or not it is wrong, but how it is balanced with compassion.
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