social darwinism

             Hitler. Stalin. Milosivic. Social Darwinists. People in history who murdered in the name of Social Darwinism because they were genetically 'different' from those fit to live. The Evolution Theory suggests that man evolved or adapted to best fit his environment, and for those who failed to adapt were killed off through the natural process of Nature. But in this theory lies a paradox of conscience and science, are some people superior? And to that effect, inferior. In this essay, I will explore the dangers of a man wielding a scientific theory as a means of holocaust.
             The jews; genetically inferior and a poison to humanity. The very existence of a race so un-evolved and detrimental to the rest of humankind should be killed off, gassed, shot, enslaved, for such people, who have in one man, one human's eyes, are worthless. What can spawn such ideas that, in this case, lead to a holocaust of millions of seemingly perfect human beings? Adolf Hitler's idea of genetic harmony, a perfect race of arians. There would be no cultural diversification, because in order to be diversified, one must be different. And being different meant not being part of the exclusive people fit to live, in which case you would be ultimately exterminated. Hitler wanted perfection in the reich that would rule for ages. A race that would dominate through intellectual and physical superiority over those who did not come from a genetically 'safe' background. In short, Hitler wanted a supreme power...perfection but at a cost, through a tragic perception of a popular theory.
             Social Darwinism as I have explained it in the body of my essay, uses a basis set on the Theory of Evolution, some humans are more fit to 'live' but when man uses his ability to govern who these people are, who is meant to 'live' and 'evolve', on the contrary disrupts the very course of nature and evolution and we ...

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