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Ummm. That’s not really what Social Darwinism means. Social Darwinism is a framework that claims that ideas and institutions compete, and survive based on criteria of fitness (and implicitly comes to the conclusion that criteria of fitness are far from obvious). An example from the Social Darwinist framework: urban legend memes (like the story about the lady who put her poodle in the the microwave to dry it off after a walk, and it exploded) that examines the characteristics that allow some urban legends to persist over decades.
Despite the fact that these storis are not true (poodles don’t actually explode when you microwave them), something about these stories causes them to propogate and survive at the expense of stories that are actually true, and far more useful. A Social Darwinist would examine the criteria of fitness that allows this story to replicate and thrive whereas others don’t.
I believe in Social Darwinism; and also believe in philanthropy.
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Well I have to say I really don’t believe it’s an either or an or. I believe that within each person is the ability to utilize either principle to achieve the best case scenario in order to survive and live.
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Ummm. That’s not really what Social Darwinism means. Social Darwinism is a framework that claims that ideas and institutions compete, and survive based on criteria of fitness (and implicitly comes to the conclusion that criteria of fitness are far from obvious). An example from the Social Darwinist framework: urban legend memes (like the story about the lady who put her poodle in the the microwave to dry it off after a walk, and it exploded) that examines the characteristics that allow some urban legends to persist over decades.
Despite the fact that these storis are not true (poodles don’t actually explode when you microwave them), something about these stories causes them to propogate and survive at the expense of stories that are actually true, and far more useful. A Social Darwinist would examine the criteria of fitness that allows this story to replicate and thrive whereas others don’t.
I believe in Social Darwinism; and also believe in philanthropy.
References :
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