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To: ml1954
I'm still waiting for a quote from the communist standard bearers to the affect that 'The stronger and the further evolved are the masters.' Barzun attempting to tie Marx and Darwin together doesn't qualify.

Evolution is simultaneously the driving philosophy behind socialism and robber-baron capitalism. The method of reconciling these thoughts is best explained by Orwell.

191 posted on 09/24/2005 6:56:44 PM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: js1138

Evolution is simultaneously the driving philosophy behind socialism and robber-baron capitalism. The method of reconciling these thoughts is best explained by Orwell.

You mean the idea of 'survival of the fittest' don't you? I know you know this is different from the TOE. At any rate, the statement that brought this up was that communists adhered to the idea that 'The stronger and the further evolved are the masters.'

This attempt to connect the TOE with the ideas of Communists (and Nazis) and their ilk really clouds the discussion and provides rhetorical and propaganda fodder for opponents of the TOE.

BTW. I'm interested in what Orwell has to say. Can you point me somewhere?

200 posted on 09/24/2005 7:13:59 PM PDT by ml1954
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