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Darwinist education had a major role in the formation of commu-
nist cadres. For instance, historians note the fact that Stalin was reli-
gious in his youth, but became an atheist primarily because of Dar-
win's books.

Mao, who established communist rule in China and killed millions
of people, openly stated that "Chinese socialism is founded upon
Darwin and the theory of evolution." 36

The Harvard University historian James Reeve Pusey goes into
great detail regarding Darwinism's effect on Mao and Chinese com-
munism in his research book China and Charles Darwin.

In short, there is an unbreakable link between the theory of evolu-
tion and communism. The theory claims that living things are the
product of chance, and provides a so-called scientific support for athe-
ism. Communism, an atheist ideology, is for that reason firmly tied to
Darwinism. Moreover, the theory of evolution proposes that develop-

ment in nature is possible thanks to conflict (in other words "the strug-
gle for survival") and supports the concept of "dialectics" which is fun-
damental to communism.

If we think of the communist concept of "dialectical conflict",
which killed some 120 million people during the 20 th century, as a
"killing machine", then we can better understand the dimensions of the
disaster that Darwinism visited on the planet.

Dialectical Conflict Does Not Foster the
Development of Societies, It Destroys Them

As we learned earlier, Darwinism proposed that the struggle
between living things is the cause of their development and gained so-
called scientific currency for the philosophy of dialectical materialism.

As can be understood from its name, dialectical materialism rests
on the idea of "conflict". Karl Marx, the founder of this philosophy,