Outside the Asylum
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 08/30/2020 - 5:53am
Social Darwinism, Eugenics, and Elizabeth Gilbert’s The Signature of All Things
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Outside the Asylum
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 5:07am
Karl Marx revisited: or, the cynical class structure
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 9:14pmMany of you are familiar with the idea of social class. There is, of course, the idea of social class as portrayed in popular culture. Social class has been around since time immemorial -- the Romans, for instance, had a class system, and the current incarnation of the Wikipedia page on this topic renders it well.
The Moral Bankruptcy of our New Gilded Age
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 06/15/2018 - 3:29pmOne of the classic traits of the Gilded Age was the pseudo-science of Social Darwinism.
It was used to justify institutional racism, but it's primary purpose was to rationalize the status of the ruling elite in economic terms.
