Some attempt should be made to differentiate “Social Darwinism” from plain old Darwinism. Social Darwinism was seized upon by the British aristocracy and its intellectual lackeys as a justification for the various tyrannies they unleashed against their 3rd World colonies and was soon taken up by every street corner thug sociopath and narcissistic political enforcer goon on the planet. Under the Social Darwinist “Uber Mensch” doctrine, only the fittest are deserving of survival. In the dog eat dog, law of the jungle world of the 19th century, this doctrine may have had some traction. In the Age of Info, however, ectomorphic muscle mass applied to the urban modern world’s problems are knuckle dragging Neanderthal and a straight up non-survival liability. The Social Darwinists’ bumper sticker “Survival of the Fittest” has been non-voluntarily replaced by something more civilized - “Survival of the Smartest”. Being not so smart, the Social Darwinists of today are on the fast track to oblivion.
Uh, oh. I feel oblivion approaching, as I don’t even know what ectomorphic muscle mass is...