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Originally war was nothing but a struggle for pasture grounds. To-day war is nothing but a struggle for the riches of nature. By virtue of an inherent law, these riches belong to him who conquers them. The great migrations set out from the East. With us begins the ebb, from West to East. That's in accordance with the laws of nature. By means of the struggle, the elites are continually renewed. The law of natural selection justifies this incessant struggle, by allowing the survival of the fittest. Christianity is a rebellion against natural law, a protest against nature. Taken to its logical extreme, Christianity would mean the systematic cultivation of human failure.

Adolf Hitler#110

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker claims war is a natural struggle for resources justified by natural selection, and that Christianity opposes nature by valuing the weak.
In plain terms
War is natural struggle for resources; Christianity fails nature by protecting the weak.
What can you take from it?
Natural selection justifies war; opposing it is unnatural.

Where it applies

  • ideological justification
  • military strategy
  • historical theory

Putting it to work

  • justify conflict via nature

Questions to consider

  • Does nature justify war?
  • Is religion anti-nature?

Another view

Social Darwinism is scientifically contested.

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