Darwin gave to Malthus views the scientific validation which allowed to translate them in a social doctrine. This doctrine is named Social Darwinism, a doctrine which considers wars of conquest an application, to the human species, of the law of natural selection. According to Social Darwinism there is a biological reason for disparities: less-fit individuals and nations must remain relegated to the primitive stage. This ideology has been at the basis of colonialism, eugenics, fascism, and savage capitalism.

 

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