Obamas Social Darwinism
May 10, 2012 by Nathaniel Davidson
Last month, the Marxist-in-Chief blasted the Republican budget proposal as thinly veiled social Darwinism. Evidently it was too thinly disguised for anyone but him and his adoring Left-media hacks. In reality, the market is the antithesis of social Darwinism, which in reality has been the domain of the Left.
The problem
Unfortunately, even most conservative parents send their children to government schools, so they are more likely to fall for Obamas cheap rhetoric. After all, in these schools, members of the fanatically Democratic teachers unions indoctrinate their captive audiences in leftist thinking. This includes the false claim that a free market means the strong (wealthy) exploit the weak (poor).
Certainly, the Darwinian hypothesis is all about survival of the fittest, which is really death of the unfit, and even, maybe, eventually their extinction. This is also the official religion of the government schools, so in one sense, the Democrats have themselves to blame if people want to apply this to society.
The Market v. Darwinism
However, this is nothing like the market. By definition, this means free choices of buyer and seller, and no use of force to compel economic transactions. Also, making a profit is evidence that people want the product, while a loss is a signal that not enough people want it (see also my earlier Patriot column Socialism: Stupidity and Arrogance). This will usually mean that scarce resources will end up in their most wanted places.(more)
Democrats are the real social Darwinists!
In contrast to the freedom of the Market, leftists believe in the very Darwinian concept of force. That is, they overrule the free choices of millions of buyers and sellers by force, to impose their vision of equality. But this means crushing real equality of opportunity and replacing it with equality of outcome, except for the politically connected. There is a certain irony, as recently stated by noted economist and columnist Dr. Thomas Sowell:
People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and all the creatures in it could have evolved spontaneously, but that the economy is too complicated to operate without being directed by politicians.
Leftists and eugenics
And far worse than that, the progressives were at the forefront of the ultimate social Darwinism: eugenics. This word comes from the Greek εύ (eu) meaning well and γένος (genos) meaning kind or offspring. However, what it really amounted to was trying to prevent the unfit to breed, including sterilization against their will. Democratic President Woodrow Wilson signed New Jerseys sterilization law.FDR, the Depression-prolonging President, was also a staunch supporter of eugenics, like most leading Democrats, as was his distant relative, the Progressive Republican Teddy Roosevelt.(more)
Conclusion
Obamas demagoguery deliberately smears the good name of free-market capitalism, which has done so much to make Americas poor far better off than most people in the world. And it obscures the reality that leftists have long supported social Darwinismnot only in the economy, but also in the horrific eugenics programs.
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May 10, 2012 by Nathaniel Davidson
Last month, the Marxist-in-Chief blasted the Republican budget proposal as thinly veiled social Darwinism. Evidently it was too thinly disguised for anyone but him and his adoring Left-media hacks. In reality, the market is the antithesis of social Darwinism, which in reality has been the domain of the Left.
The problem
Unfortunately, even most conservative parents send their children to government schools, so they are more likely to fall for Obamas cheap rhetoric. After all, in these schools, members of the fanatically Democratic teachers unions indoctrinate their captive audiences in leftist thinking. This includes the false claim that a free market means the strong (wealthy) exploit the weak (poor).
Certainly, the Darwinian hypothesis is all about survival of the fittest, which is really death of the unfit, and even, maybe, eventually their extinction. This is also the official religion of the government schools, so in one sense, the Democrats have themselves to blame if people want to apply this to society.
The Market v. Darwinism
However, this is nothing like the market. By definition, this means free choices of buyer and seller, and no use of force to compel economic transactions. Also, making a profit is evidence that people want the product, while a loss is a signal that not enough people want it (see also my earlier Patriot column Socialism: Stupidity and Arrogance). This will usually mean that scarce resources will end up in their most wanted places.(more)
Democrats are the real social Darwinists!
In contrast to the freedom of the Market, leftists believe in the very Darwinian concept of force. That is, they overrule the free choices of millions of buyers and sellers by force, to impose their vision of equality. But this means crushing real equality of opportunity and replacing it with equality of outcome, except for the politically connected. There is a certain irony, as recently stated by noted economist and columnist Dr. Thomas Sowell:
People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and all the creatures in it could have evolved spontaneously, but that the economy is too complicated to operate without being directed by politicians.
Leftists and eugenics
And far worse than that, the progressives were at the forefront of the ultimate social Darwinism: eugenics. This word comes from the Greek εύ (eu) meaning well and γένος (genos) meaning kind or offspring. However, what it really amounted to was trying to prevent the unfit to breed, including sterilization against their will. Democratic President Woodrow Wilson signed New Jerseys sterilization law.FDR, the Depression-prolonging President, was also a staunch supporter of eugenics, like most leading Democrats, as was his distant relative, the Progressive Republican Teddy Roosevelt.(more)
Conclusion
Obamas demagoguery deliberately smears the good name of free-market capitalism, which has done so much to make Americas poor far better off than most people in the world. And it obscures the reality that leftists have long supported social Darwinismnot only in the economy, but also in the horrific eugenics programs.
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