"Robert Karl Stonjek"  wrote in message
>
> Many people have a vague notion that the Nazis used a warped
> notion of Darwin's evolution theory in their Eugenic policies.
[ Hitler ]
> At the same time the diminution of number strengthens the individual
> and thus in the last analysis fortifies the species.
>
> While nature, by making procreation free, yet submitting survival to a >
hard trial, chooses from an excess number of individuals the best as
> worthy of living, thus preserving them alone and in them conserving
> their species,
>
Hitler has understood that natural selection, generally, acts on the
individual. However he then offers a "good of the species" argument for not
interfering with evolutionary processes. Usually we associate a belief in
group selection with political liberals, so this is a bit incongruous.
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