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the state are collected and killed. People are executed for
“thought crimes,” the executions themselves having assumed

the form of societal ceremonies. Contemporary China is an ex-
ample of what awaits a society that falls under the influence of
Darwinist views.
Malthus's theses not only prepared an oppressive law that
further worsened the conditions of the poor in England, they
also made social problems even more intractable. These theses,
which still have their proponents today, and which led the way
to a theory such as Darwinism which inflicted disasters like
chaos, war, racism and atheism on the 20th century, have no
valid scientific foundations whatsoever. Indeed, Malthus's ideas

were inspired by a story relating to goats and dogs, the truth of
which nobody could be sure of.

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Malthus's real source of inspiration for his Essay was a
story about goats on a Southeast Pacific island, said to have been
left there by Juan Fernandez, a Spanish sailor. According to the
tale, these goats multiplied and became a source of meat for
mariners calling at the island. But the goats rapidly grew in
number and began to consume all the sources of food on the is-
land. In order to prevent British privateers—who molested
Spanish trade—from making use of the goats' meat, the Spanish
landed male and female dogs on the island. In time, the dogs
began to grow in number, and killed most of the goats.
British Joseph Townsend wrote that in this way, a natural
equilibrium was established. “The weakest of both species,” he
went on to say, “were among the first to pay the debt of nature;
the most active and vigorous preserved their lives. ... It is the
The Social Weapon: Darwinism