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How do your beliefs about economic policy intersect with your beliefs about evolutionary theory?

Just talk about your own beliefs. Avoid generalizations about others' beliefs. Be specific. Preferably, be brief. J: Thanks for the more thoughtful response. You might, however, want to look up the definitions of socialism and "state capitalism" or "social capitalism." You may find that you refine these thoughts a bit.

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1. They don't intersect in the slightest.
2. I believe goD created the oil monoplolies in his own image and that they are sacred.
3. yes I am communist so you may understand
4. I am a pure blooded Capitalist, so I belive in evolution I guess
5. i believe in evolution. i don't believe in god or a divine being of any sort. though i am american i've spent a lot of time in europe; i tend to have more faith in socialism rather than capitalism. capitalism will help a small number of individuals progress, develop, and succeed; however, socialism will help the human race as a whole progress, develop, and succeed. 'survival of the fittest' -in regards to evolution- is often taken out of context. 'survival of the fittest' referred not to individuals versus individuals, but to the human race versus other species. in order for the human race to progress, develop, and succeed the human race must work together. ... that is how my belief in evolution correlates with my belief in the socialist system.
6. Simple....adapt or die. It applies to economics as it does to evolution. If we do not adapt to the current global economy, we die as another nation that has adapted takes our place.
7. well, many pure capitalist types believe in extending evolutionary ideas to the social and economic realms (social darwinists) which often results in disdain for the poor and disadvantaged of the world. interestingly enough, i read once that soviets used the way that evolution showed how every element in nature fits together in frequently symbiotic ways provided "natural" proof for the success of communism. in my opinion, both of these perspectives are prey to the naturalistic fallacy ("what is natural is inherently good or right"). personally, i believe in evolution and believe that because capitalism encourages a blindness to human suffering since profit becomes the only motivation it must be checked with socially (EDIT: and economically) progressive policy.
8. well, this is probably a little weird, but I think that the nature of the supply and demand curve to naturally fix themselves during a depression or recession kind of symbolizes how life is, maybe the result of evolution. When the balance is off just a little bit supply and demand change to return to the equilibrium point. If there is too little or too much of something it's like life shifts to get it back to a specific state. As if there are a multitude of possibilities out there lying along random curves that mean who knows what, but there is only one equilibrium point, which is the goal of life. Thus evolution is one of the tools to return it to that point. I know, this probably makes me sound like a dimwit, but that's really just how I see it. Ever since reading about the Gaia hypothesis I've noticed how everything seems to run parallel and has a purpose somehow.