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bucolic_frolic

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1. Get with the roots of social Darwinism and God-given survival-of-the-fittest privilege

Reply to Henry203 (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:13 AM

Dec 21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Graham_Sumner

Sumner wrote extensively on the social sciences, penning numerous books and essays on ethics, American history, economic history, political theory, sociology, and anthropology. He supported laissez-faire economics, free markets, and the gold standard, in addition to coining the term "ethnocentrism" to identify the roots of imperialism, which he strongly opposed. As a spokesman against elitism, he was in favor of the "forgotten man" of the middle class—a term he coined. He had a prolonged influence on American conservatism.

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No healthcare and poorhouses [View all] Henry203 Dec 21 OP

Get with the roots of social Darwinism and God-given survival-of-the-fittest privilege bucolic_frolic Dec 21 #1

the more of us that they set upon the trail of tears rampartd Dec 21 #2