A Natural Evolution of Cruelty

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Darwin and Wallace's theory of evolution made us familiar with concepts, sometimes misunderstood, such as the survival of the best adapted (not the strongest), species competition or the pressure of selection. These ideas, applied in an interested way to human society, led to concepts such as social Darwinism, developed by Francis Galton, Charles Darwin's cousin, which have given rise to false ideas such as the alleged superiority of some races,…