"It is clear that 'social Darwinism' and 'survival of the fittest' were intended by Obama to evoke feelings of fear and disgust. It is highly doubtful that Obama knows anything about the history of these ideas, and it is even more doubtful that he cares. A concern for truth is not the coin of the political realm."
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“Barack Obama, Social Darwinism, and Survival of the Fittest, Part 1” Libertarianism.org (10 April 2012)
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