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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Are you serious? Hitler was clearly influenced by Darwin's theory of evolution, and is plainly evident in Mein Kampf.  |
Perhaps what HP meant isn't that there is a connection but that Hitler's view of the connection was complete BS. There is no such thing as "survival of the fittest" and especially not in the sense that Hitler was promoting it (Aryan).
I should note that an argument could be made that survival of the fittest can be true but not in the sense that Hitler and other idiots view it. Fittest is usually a synonym for strongest, which of course Darwin knew was BS. He never used the term survival of the fittest because what we perceive to be the strongest aren't always the fittest. Fittest, in this context, means most fit to survive and reproduce which has nothing to do with strength, might or power.