Section
Social Darwinism and Its Global Consequences
The historical impact of one theory on society, politics and human life.
Darwinism as a Social Weapon
11 topics · 45 articlesThe twentieth century was one of the darkest and most deadly in all of human history. Vast amounts of blood were spilled and people subjected to the most terrible fear and oppression. Such dictators as Hitler, Stalin…
1 article →Racial inequality, and ethnic discrimination, unfair competition, the oppression of the poor, the exploitation of the weak by the strong, and the idea that might is right, are evils that societies have experienced…
- Introduction
- Darwin Himself Was a Social Darwinist
- The Error of Applying Nature's Laws to Human Beings
As we already made clear, Darwin's views in The Origin of Species were most influenced by the British economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus.
- Introduction
- From Goats and Dogs to Darwinism
- Malthus's Claims Not Based on Scientific Data
- Darwin the Malthusian
- From Malthus to a Ruthless World View
Darwinism lies behind a great many dangerous intellectual trends, ideologies and practices that have persisted down to the present day. It is most interesting that it constitutes a foundation shared by ideologies…
- Introduction
- The Cruelties of Darwinist Employers
- The Damage Wreaked by Darwinism in the Business World
- Savage Capitalism: The Joint Product of Social Darwinism and Irreligiousness
Though racism can be found throughout history, Darwin was the first to give it an alleged scientific validity. The subtitle of The Origin of Species was The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life .…
- Introduction
- Darwin, Too, Was a Racist
- At the Genetic Level, There Is No Racial Difference between Human Beings
- The new imperialism and social Darwinism
- Social Darwinism and Conflict between Races
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8 articles →In the light of what has been revealed about Social Darwinism so far, it should be no surprise that the Nazis, infamous architects of one of the most terrible acts of genocide in history, were tightly linked to it.
3 articles →Another of Social Darwinism's most wide-ranging practices is eugenics, the so-called science that seeks to improve the human race by means of breeding. The term was first proposed in 1883 by Charles Darwin's cousin…
- Introduction
- Darwin's Legacy to His Cousin Galton: Eugenics
- Eugenics in Great Britain
- Eugenics in the USA
- Eugenics in Nazi Germany
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6 articles →The alleged scientific support that Social Darwinism provided for racism, fascism and imperialism, as well as communism, is a familiar subject that has been much written about. But one lesser known fact is that a…
- Introduction
- Gender Discrimination Based on Skull Measurements
- Science Again Refutes Darwinism
- According to Qur'anic Morality, Men and Women are Equal, and Superiority is Defined by Heedfulness
Moral degeneration constantly increases. Behavior that was disapproved of, scorned, forbidden or condemned a few generations before gradually becomes accepted, even sought after, and widely practiced—a very important…
- Introduction
- Darwinism Constitutes the Basis of Atheism
- Darwinism Proposes the Lie that Man is Unrestrained and Purposeless
- The Social Darwinist Lie That "Man Is a Species of Animal"
- Poor Morality Imposed by the False "Struggle for Survival"
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6 articles →In the wake of The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man , a great many evolutionists began speculating how human social behavior, emotions, judgments and ideas—all attributes of the human spirit—might have been…
- Introduction
- Dawkins and Selfish-Gene Bearing Robots
- Another Dilemma for Evolution: Altruistic "Genes"
- The Collapse of Genetic Determinism
Moral Collapse Worse than Economic Collapse!" "Child Prostitutes..." "Rape Is Natural According to Young Britons," "400 Homosexual and Lesbian Couples Marry in Finland," "Gay Wedding," "Anger Refuses to Abate,"…
1 article →The Disasters Darwinism Brought to Humanity
8 topics · 36 articlesThe 20th century, which we have just left behind us, was a century of war and conflict, leading to disasters, pain, massacres, poverty, and enormous destruction. Millions of people were killed, massacred, abandoned…
1 article →Before we turn to the pain and disasters that Darwinism has brought to the world, let us take a brief look at its history. Many people believe the theory of evolution, first put forward by Charles Darwin, to be a…
- Introduction
- The Reason for the Acceptance of Darwinism is Ideological
- Social Darwinism: The Adaptation of the Law of the Jungle to Human Behaviour
Darwin's close friend Professor Adam Sedgwick was one of the people who saw what dangers the theory of evolution would give rise to in the future. He remarked, after reading and digesting The Origin of Species , that…
- Introduction
- "The Preservation of Favoured Races..."
- British Colonialism and Darwinism
- Darwin's Enmity Towards the Turks
- Racism and Social Darwinism in America
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10 articles →Nazism was born in the chaos of the Germany which emerged defeated from the First World War. The leader of the party was the angry and aggressive Adolf Hitler. Racism formed the basis of Hitler's world view. Hitler…
- The Bloody Alliance Between Darwin and Hitler
- The Theory of Eugenics Was Based on Darwin's Ideas
- The Nazis' Aryan Racial Aberration
- Hitler's Hatred of Religion
- The Catastrophes Brought About by the Darwinist-Fascist Mussolini
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9 articles →The ideology which brought the greatest harm to mankind in the violence and savagery-filled century we have just left behind, and the most widespread in the world, was without doubt Communism. Communism, which…
- Introduction
- Marx and Engels' Admiration of Darwin
- The Admiration of the Followers of Marx and Engels for Darwin
- Mao Tse Tung: Darwin and Marx's Ambassador to China
- The Basis of the Alliance Between Darwinism and Communism:Hatred of Religion
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9 articles →The term capitalism means the sovereignty of capital, a free and unrestricted economic system totally based on profit and where society is in competition within these criteria. There are three important elements in…
1 article →The greatest catastrophe visited by Darwinism upon mankind was without doubt to turn people away from religion. A violent moral and spiritual collapse swiftly comes to societies which turn away from the moral values…
2 articles →All through history there have been wars, oppression, killings, and conflict. But the reason for the number and range of these disasters being so great in the last century is the false veil of scientific…
1 article →Fascism: The Bloody Ideology of Darwinism
9 topics · 56 articlesFascism is known as an ideology that was born and flourished in the 20th century. It spread rapidly across the world in the wake of World War I, with fascist regimes coming to power in Germany and Italy in…
1 article →Fascism is an oppressive political movement that first developed in Italy after 1919, and then in various countries in Europe, as a reaction to the political and social changes brought about by World War I. The name…
1 article →Fascism is an ideology which has its roots in Europe. The foundation of fascism was laid by a number of European thinkers in the 19th century, and put into practice in the 20th century by such countries as Italy and…
- Introduction
- Fascists in the Pagan World
- Sparta: A Model for All Fascists
- Fascism's Retreat in the Face of Religion
- Neo-Paganism and the Birth of Fascism
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11 articles →The previous chapter examined the cultural roots of fascism, how the ideology was a re-awakening of pagan ideas reinforced by Darwinism. These facts are most important for understanding the roots of the fascism and…
- Introduction
- Social Crises: Fertile Ground for Fascism
- The Uneducated: Fascism’s Hapless Prey
- The Methods by Which Fascism Came to Power
- Brainwashing Techniques of Fascism
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17 articles →We can list the principle features of fascism as such concepts as authoritarian or dictatorial state rule, and an aggressive foreign policy. But alongside all of these, its really dominant characteristic is racism.…
- Introduction
- Racism and Darwinism
- The Nazi Theory of Race
- Nazi Policies: The Implementation of Darwinist Theories in Society
- The Holocaust Savagery
One of the common attitudes all fascist regimes have possessed is that concerning religion. At first glance, it would appear that all fascist regimes have supported the religion of their peoples. But, the fascists…
- Introduction
- The Nazis' Hatred of Religion
- The "Racist Christianity" of the Nazis
- The True Meaning of the Nazis' Anti-Semitism
- Fascism's Hypocritical Policy on Religion
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12 articles →Fascism was defeated in the Second World War. The alliance between Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and Japan was beaten, and the fascist regimes dismantled. Hitler committed suicide, Mussolini was strung up by his own…
3 articles →The defeat and collapse of fascism during the Second World War led most people to believe that "fascism was eliminated completely." However, that has by no means been the case. It is true that the foremost…
- Introduction
- The Neo-Nazis
- Racist Threat in Modern Europe
- "White Supremacy" and the New Fascist Ideology
- Fascism in Daily Life
As we have been witnessing all through this book, fascism is an ideology that has wreaked great harm on humanity. Not only was it the cause of the death and torture of millions of people because of their race, and…
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