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Social Darwinism And The Dark Clan

argument almost always based on Darwinism. One of the
most fervent and famous Darwinists is the English zoologist
and author Richard Dawkins, an atheist whose books are an
example of this viewpoint. He has become the best-known
defender of the theory of evolution. He claims that selfish
genes rule all life on earth and that egotism is the primary
principle of natural law. In his Selfish Gene, Dawkins ex-
presses his irrational views thus:

The argument of this book is that we, and all other animals,
are machines created by our genes. Like successful Chicago
gangsters our genes have survived, in some cases for mil-
lions of years in a highly competitive world. This entitles us
to expect certain qualities
in our genes. I shall argue
that a predominant qual-
ity to be expected in a
successful gene is ruth-
less selfishness. 13
It is not hard to imagine
what kind of societal model
will be produced by a philos-

ophy that believes man to be
a merciless, selfish machine,
comparable to Chicago gang-
sters. In reality, Dawkins and
other Darwinists are prepar-
ing the ground for social con-

To the famous Darwinist Richard
Dawkins, humans are machines ruled by
selfish genes. This perverse claim forms
the basic principle of the social system
advocated by the dark clan