animal societies, does not evolve and adapt to the natural world; human society endeavors to change the face of the natural world. Human beings have the grand desire to adapt the world and their society to themselves, not vice-versa. Martin Luther King forced America to change, he had not, rather, adapted to (or, more accurately, accepted) its contagious hatred of the black man then he may as well never have existed. Human society does not coexist with nature; it attempts to rise above it. Human society, unlike nature, should not recognize the chance superiority of a specific group of members, as an excuse for their dominance over others of the population. "Survival of the fittest" does not apply within human society. Generally in human society those who are the most likely to succeed, are born into circumstances that are tailored for them to succeed. In this respect the current state of human society is far more savage than nature. In nature the fittest survive, but in today's society it is those who are born into the fittest surroundings that survive. Social Darwinism is, in truth, an attempt to deny the opportunity to live to those considered inferior. Human beings though, by our most basic moral beliefs, cannot be inferior. If people with children live in the streets starving; if entire civilizations tread down the path of destruction, it is not the result of the truth of Social Darwinism; it is, the result of contagious human selfishness; the same selfishness that governed every lost civilization and today governs our society. Social Darwinism is of a moral nature because human beings, after all, are not animals. Within the perspective of human society the normal processes of the natural world often seem uncivilized. It is this savagery that human society is designed to avoid. Regardless of ability, all human beings are equal and have the same right to life as all other human beings competition is a savage circ...
