I'd appreciate some references to books supporting social darwinism. I think here on trp with advice like lift or do mma, essentially build yourself and increase your value creates a culture where we respect strength and despise weakness.
Nietzsche called out the old morality of the Romans as one of master morality and the conquered jews that of slave morality. Here I think we see strength as good and weakness as bad. He also talks of the herd(common mediocrity) and the higher man(excellence).
Darth Bane: " “Equality is a lie,” Bane told her. “A myth to appease the masses. Simply look around and you will see the lie for what it is! There are those with power, those with the strength and will to lead. And there are those meant to follow—those incapable of anything but servitude and a meager, worthless existence. “Equality is a perversion of the natural order!”
What do you guys think of morality as being reducible to strength(good) vs weakness(bad)? For example I am a schizophrenic, does that mean I am unfit to live? I hold a Bachelors in Economics, where do we draw the line between strength and weakness? Also social darwinism can lead to stuff like racism. Let me know what you guys think of social darwinism and how it informs TRP. Hit me with books too on the subject. Btw I read Might is Right from the Sidebar, feel free to comment on that too
"What is Christ but pallid incompetence hanging from a tree."-Ragnar lol
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