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wnylib

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36. Um, you've got your quotes mixed up.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:12 PM
Nov 2024

Last edited Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:05 PM - Edit history (1)

Darwin spoke of survival of the fittest, not Jesus.

Most people do not understand what Darwin meant by survival of the fittest. He did not mean the richest, smartest, best looking, most deserving, or even the healthiest. He meant whoever was best equipped genetically to survive whatever environmental setting they were in or whatever environmental changes occurred.

In some settings, it was the ability to work cooperatively that enabled pockets of our ancestors to survive.

Jesus taught people to cooperate and look after each other.

Trump says the fittest are the ones who turn on their own people and take what they want for themselves. Might makes right, whether it is financial might, the might of political power, or the might of physical force. He follows Hitler's playbook on what "race" is fittest.

But Hitler's notion of superiority and who was fittest was disproven. A brilliant scientist of the "wrong race" was visiting the US when Hitler came to power and stayed here for his own safety. He wrote to President Roosevelt about the work of German scientists on a super weapon. We developed the super weapon, not Germany. The whole world benefited from the works of Albert Einstein, especially the US. But Hitler would have killed him as "inferior."



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Decrease the surplus population Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #31
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Yes it will be like the US before regulation. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #10
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God's Devine Plan,.. magicarpet Nov 2024 #4
Um, you've got your quotes mixed up. wnylib Nov 2024 #36
"Let them eat contaminated cake." sop Nov 2024 #6
Post of the day gab13by13 Nov 2024 #9
I was thinking the same thing, gab13by13. Diamond_Dog Nov 2024 #7
Definitely been concerned about this Mike 03 Nov 2024 #8
This worries me a lot. hunter Nov 2024 #20
Hmmm. Great idea - all those people that died from eating toxic food? erronis Nov 2024 #28
Our Republican party envies the Chinese Communists. hunter Nov 2024 #32
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Yes, that is one scenario gab13by13 Nov 2024 #14
There are many scenarios, all having to do with the GOP's hatred Ocelot II Nov 2024 #16
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Another recall: Trader Joe's and other stores Paper Roses Nov 2024 #22
I've never had a carrot rash but i bet it's bad. jaxexpat Nov 2024 #25
😀 Harvesting carrots. I had no idea. underpants Nov 2024 #26
Most crops are harvested by "do-all" machinery these days. jaxexpat Nov 2024 #29
The myth of deregulation Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #30
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