138 - Social Darwinism: The Doctrine That Lets The Right-Winger Sleep At Night / Paraguay Rejects Right, Elects As President The "Bishop Of The Poor"

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🗓️ 11 December 2008

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In the first segment, you'll hear about the doctrine of Social Darwinism. It's the pill right-wingers take to allow them to sleep at night. Some audio clips of right-wingers may scare you, so be prepared. Barbara Bush, Bill Cunningham, Neal Boortz and Bill O'Reilly all have some choice words for you.Next, have you heard about the Bishop of the Poor being elected president of an impoverished Latin

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0:00.0	Greetings, y'all listening to podcast number 138 of Blasterite.
0:23.6	I'm your host Jack Clark, great to have you on board.
0:26.9	Today, you'll first hear about the doctrine of social Darwinism.
0:30.8	It's the pill right-wingers take to allow them to sleep at night.
0:34.3	Some audio clips of right-wingers may scare you, so be prepared.
0:38.5	Next, have you heard about the bishop of the poor being elected president of an impoverished
0:43.8	Latin American country?
0:45.5	There's real reason for hope.
0:47.4	I'll tell you what you need to know.
0:49.9	Let's get right into it.
0:51.8	As you'll hear in this segment include common dreams.org, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics,
0:57.7	RainEquote.com, The New York Times, and Media Matters.org.
1:03.8	Are you one of the decent-minded people in the world who wonders how to right-wingers sleep
1:08.6	at night when it's so obvious that so many of their policies hurt the poor, increase
1:13.4	human misery-suffering pain and death?
1:16.6	Let me tell you a bit about a noxious doctrine called Social Darwinism since it's so critical
1:22.1	to understanding the right-wing mindset.
1:25.2	Social Darwinism is sure to be invoked whenever Obama or anyone else tries to pass legislation
1:30.8	with economic justice as a goal.
1:33.9	Charles Darwin of the Theory of Evolution fame had nothing to do with this doctrine.
1:38.5	The Social Darwinism doctrine was developed by an English philosopher named Herbert Spencer
1:44.3	30 years after Darwin's book on the Origin of Species was published.
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