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[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year 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@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year 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.)

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