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Originally Posted by Xell101
Ah balls, I phrased that very poorly. What I should've phrased that line to convey is this:
- Survival of the Fittest: Those able to survive and perpetuate the species given the circumstances, will do so. Those that can't, won't.
- Swift kick to the junk of the aforementioned idea delivered by civilization.
- Civilization as it exists today enables those that can't, to do so at the expense of the 'fittest'.
- Survivng at the expense of the 'fittest' doesn't count.
As a side note, what I meant by sustain is simply to not die.
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Um, you contradicted yourself.
- Survival of the Fittest: Those able to survive and perpetuate the species given the circumstances, will do so. Those that can't, won't.
- Civilization as it exists today enables those that can't, to do so at the expense of the 'fittest'.
Those that survive (and breed (and children breed (ad infinitum))) are the fittest. Thus, Civilization simply changes who are the fittest. By definition it cannot enable people who cannot survive to survive.
Which makes
- Survivng at the expense of the 'fittest' doesn't count.
a null-statement.