• Robaque@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    Holy fuck, mega based take ya got there. Social darwinism is a bane to society, deeply rooted in capitalist thought and also loved by fascists for its eugenic undertones. People get fooled that it’s somehow “scientific” because it’s got darwinism in the name (and because of poor education) when it’s nothing but pseudoscience. Same goes for the phrase “survival of the fittest” which is a social darwinist misinterpretation of Darwin’s theories.

    In a similar vein, I firmly believe that everyone is creative in some way. Most people are just unable to discover what their creative interests might be because of the pressures of (over)work, because art education is so goddamn expensive, and because creative industries are incredibly exclusive and elitist. And limiting creativity severely limits our imagination, making us good little cogs for the machine.

    • OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one
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      1 year ago

      Hell yes to all of this! Any defense of capitalism requires social darwinism.

      That is, if you can get someone to comprehend what “capitalism” even is! I am astounded at how difficult it is to communicate the difference between a worker co-op and a privately owned business. To anyone!

      It’s weird because it seems so obvious to me. It’s a difference in how the worker is treated. A difference in the dignity of their work. A whole different social contract.

      I don’t know what combination of words I need to use to get them to see this! It’s so frustrating. How can they so easily understand the difference between a dictatorship and a representative republic, but not be able to extend that logic to how we run businesses? What kind of incredible social programming have robber barons performed on them?

      Anyways, rant over for now. I agree that we are hobbled by overwork. I agree that our creativity is forcefully suppressed in order to make us better cogs. I just wish I could figure out how to spread the word.