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Originally posted by Spritebox
In our modern society, survival of the fittest doesn't mean the fittest hunters, but the people with the most common sense and intellect to survive (i.e.,make enough money to live on).
Therefore, if one applied the natural selection to humans today, those who are in a permanent state of poverty should be dismissed so that the rest of us may flourish. That way, no one would have to pay as many taxes to assist the poor, and our nation as a whole would prosper.
But this point is only valid to one who believes in materialism as a lifestyle (i.e. most citizens of america).
I've though about a world in which the sick would die - no hospitals or perscriptions. A world in which the poor would die out without the assistance of welfare. A world in which the stupid would be sent away and enslaved to a life of labor...
I really don't know whether or not that world would be for better or for worse...But natural selection would apply to humans once again, since we seem to be so goddamn evasive of its grasp.
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Oh, that place exists. It's called Somalia. It isn't working very well, I've heard.