How is a persons politics influenced, once they really understand evolution?

Question

Claiming to "believe" in evolution, like it was a relgion, is not what I am referring to. I am asking what impact on ones political identity does a thourough understanding of evolution create?

In my mind, it clearly would push someone towards the right, I dont see how it could not. After all, if religion is a farse, then why constrain the necessity of "survival" the pacifism of Christian morality which is based on a farse? Why love your enemy, as the left does? Arent leftists mostly Christian?

As Nietzsche advised, I would throw away this "slave morality" which slows human progress and create my own, more rational moral code. Like for example: Peace is always in the interest of the community so long as the policy or means doesnt iteself create significant danger.

Leftist morality is derived from a noxious blend of Christian morality, Marxism, and weakness. To truely understand evolution is to vomitt at the very thought of such a view.

Answer 1

I agree with you. It does shed a light on why we have to stick up for our own. Have you read these books?
The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation by Matt Ridley

The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule by Michael Shermer

Answer 2

Evolution has nothing to do with politics. It's apple and oranges. Many conservitives believe in Evolution, some liberals believe in Creationism. Many folks really don't like either theory and are waiting for something better to come along or blend the two. Atheists are more likely to be leftists, but that's really more of the egg influencing the hen. Leftist dogma is very anti-religion. This was inherited when the Communist party disolved and merged into the Democratic party. Before then the Democratic party had deep ties with Christian churches and Jewish political organizations. Even today the Catholic church and many Jewish organizations are still surprisingly strong supporters of leftist politics despite the stated goal to eradicate both by the extremes in the Left.

If you are talking about extreme right wing politics where by concepts such as mercy and compassion are considered a weakness. The Hitler style atheist then you need only to turn to Rome for example of the society that this will produce. In Roman culture until Christianity took over compassion and mercy were considered weaknesses. Ruthlessness was admired and promoted in every aspect of life. As such slavery was common practice. Torture, political intrigue, open psychosis and the demise of Democracy in Rome were byproducts of the culture that developed using "survival of the strong" as it's mantra. The strong it turned out tended to be those who stood in the background and manipulated the strings on the others. Those who gained fame and glory found it short lived and often met with horrific ends. Somebody always out there to betray you. Somebody always wanting what you have. If there are no morals to prevent such behavior then people will act more openly and frequently to such ends.

Such a society would lead to cults of personalities. A persons very survival hinged on the strength of the leader they hitch their wagon too. Freedom of expression would be gone and technological advances would greatly slow. It would be a culture of paranoia capped with acts of random mass slaughter incited by paranoid delusions or cold calculated politics. It is a world where the WTC conspiracy theories would have a strong element of reality and where accurate information would be impossible to obtain. Where fear ruled each person's life. A shadow in their every movement. Those Christian values you speak of are derived from the mistakes of the Old Testement. They are there to give balance to life and build a society that is more benevolent to it's people. The better off the common Joe is the better off every person in that society is. Something both the Left pretend to recognize but in reality utterly fail to accomplish. The idealogies completely out of touch with the realities. The agendas merely repainted schemes from long ago history. Their time long since buried and forgotten. We have a society in the West that walks backwards. In the Mid East you have a society that doesn't even walk. In the East you have a society that walks but it's course is zig zagged by the opposing forces of tradition against the impelling forces of the future wrapped in Western garb.

End result no society is really looking at where we are going. Alarmists decry the bridge out even where there are no bridges to cross. Nobody knows for certain because all eyes are turned to where we came from not where we are going. All ideals are based purely on the past and to redress the wrongs of the past while commiting the wrongs of today. To break the cycle of injustice, a distinctly human concept. One we are born with not taught. We have to break with the redress and get on with looking down the road so we don't run over more of our own with our own blindness.

In the end all current systems are just an attempt to steer around a curve we've already run off. We left that road long ago and if we want to find a new road we have to quit driving like we are on a road that is behind us. The concept of destiny by might is just another one of those roads we've already traveled. We can try to correct for past mistakes on that road all we want but it's just a theoretical exercise as the road is pure memory. Attempts to revive it will only create a new road with a new blind curve. Doesn't change the fact that nobody is looking at where we are going. As such it's as doomed to failure as any current system.

Answer 3

The "slave morality" Nietzsche refers to is religion, hence the "God is dead" declaration.

I really don't understand the majority of your question, it sounds like you've tied together some fragments of philosophy and politics into an incoherent rant.

Answer 4

Persons are influenced by the promises of politicians that they will have a better life they got elected but in the end, promises are simply broken with the politicians enriching themselves while in power.

Answer 5

ONCE THEY HAVE EVOLVED FROM THE APE..
I WOULD JUST GIVE THEM A BANANA
AND GO ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION....

as Nietzche said
'' we can live in peace as long as you dont bother me with your independent thinking, then i woul dhave to kill you first''