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To: DittoJed2
Hitler's racial theories were not derived from Darwin, but from Count Gobineau's Inequality of the Human Races, published in 1845, more than a decade before Origin of Species (1859), and other 19th century theories about race that had little or nothing to do with Darwin.

Hitler, like many others during his time period, believed that "survival of the fittest" meant survival of that which he admired the most, namely, the "Aryan race", as blond as Hitler, as slim as Goering, and as manly as Goebbels.

Blaming Darwin for Social Darwinism is like blaming Adam Smith for Robber Barons (which we have seen done by Creationists, as well).

2,767 posted on 08/25/2003 2:23:54 PM PDT by CobaltBlue (Never voted for a Democrat in my life.)
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To: CobaltBlue
DittoJed2 ran away it seems.
2,770 posted on 08/25/2003 2:29:55 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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