Social Darwinism uses a very
vulgar understanding of evolutionary dynamics
to justify class oppression
by saying that
it must be right that some people have their
foot on other people's necks because
isn't this what nature is about?
Struggle of the fittest and survival of the
the longest fang, the swiftest
claw, the sharpest tooth? Well,
the answer is no, absolutely not. This
rests on an understanding of nature
that was in vogue a 150 years ago
that is not in vogue now that's what you
see
when you look at nature at the at the
in the human dimension but when you
analyze nature
as an integrated system
of chemical reactions, gene transfer,
catalytic self-regulating activities,
hyper cycles of energy, nutrients and
metabolism.
When you analyze nature from that point
of view you see
that it seeks to maximize cooperation,
connectedness, mutual interdependability
is the thing which holds the
whole thing together,
and the species that is most successful,
is not the species that can dominate all
others, it's the species that can make itself
indispensable
to all others, look at the
evolutionary success of the bacteria you
know they settled in for the long haul
and no higher form of life
can operate without them
