Survival of the fittest

Survival of the fittest

Originally a Darwinian hypothesis twisted around by philosopher Herbert Spencer to justify any desired might-makes-right form of social injustice as natural and inevitable. Very often "fittest" means the most cooperative--see Mutualism.

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