[Buddha-l] Darwin's 200th centennial

[Carol McQuire]

The poor have more children and this will produce more
labour and thus more resources for them. Poverty causes
large families. 

The rich, with variants according to culture, have to
spend more money bringing up each child. Therefore there
is a tendency to have less children. Children will reduce
their income, not increase it. 

Carol

> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:16:01 +0600
> From: cfynn at gmx.net
> To: buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Darwin's 200th centennial
> 
> 
> Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:
> 
> > There's another obvious mistake in social Darwinism. Evolution works 
> > through natural variance in genetic qualities in newborns. The 
> > individuals with the most suitable qualities live longer and breed more 
> > succesfully. In human society the reverse happens. The poor have large 
> > families and the rich small ones. 
> 
> Not in every society - (e.g. Saudi Arabia)
> 
> > That's one of the causes for the fact 
> > that the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor and the first are always 
> > outnumbered by the last.
> 
> 
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