Don’t Be Selling Me Social Darwinism, I am Not Buying

Don’t Be Selling Me Social Darwinism, I am Not Buying

The popular statement about economic injustice being a case of scientifically justified social Darwinism, as inevitable as gravity, is nonsense. Treating other humans (or nature, or anything) without respect is a choice. It is not a case of gravity. It is a case of successful bullying on a mass scale.

Let’s say, you are a super duper powerful milti-dulti-billionaire. If you have an opportunity to build a massive chemical plant that will likely make you 40 billion dollars in 5 years, but you also know that if you choose to build it, it will somehow make it very probable that you will lose your limb, and that your wife will get cancer and die, you will most likely spend a minute thinking about your priorities before making up your mind.

And you might even choose to keep your your wife vs. a potential 40 billion dollar profit!

Africa

Africa

If somebody showed up at your house, confiscated your possessions, shot half of your family, spat on your altar, gave you a black eye, and then called you an ambulance (yes, you would still need to pay the medical bill), would you be grateful for the humanitarian aid?

Homo Soveticus: They Are Back!

Homo Soveticus: They Are Back!

When I was growing up in the Soviet Union, we joked that harsh Soviet reality gave birth to a new human species – Homo Soveticus. Homo Soveticus was that secretly insecure, exhausted, angry human who was too tired for politeness, too narrow-minded for freedom, and too thick-headed for dissent.

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