• Thelsim
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    211 months ago

    Worse, he probably refers to social darwinism.
    A very nasty school of thought that’s (partly) responsible for everything from genocide to eugenics.

    • Lvxferre
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      311 months ago

      Social “Darwinism” relies on the fallacy that I mentioned, where you treat a descriptive statement as if it was prescriptive. (And yes, it’s nasty.)