Reply #29: No, they're not.

[JackDragna]

The paradigms of social Darwinism are NOT in Darwin's work. Social Darwinism makes an assumption about the nature of human society Darwin would never grant: namely, that the playing field among humans is equal. Evolution works under the assumption that organisms in a particular environment are exposed to the same biotic and abiotic factors that influence their survivability. Human populations, on the other hand, have constructed a society where being "fit" does not guarantee increased access to resources or conditions which promote survivability. Don't "rejoice" at an alternative paradigm to evolution, because in pure scientific terms, there isn't one.