Darwinism, Capitalism, Socialism

Darwinism involves two main themes--Evolutionism, i. e. the emergence of more complex organisms from less, and Hobbesianism, i. e. the drive to survive. Thus, since so-called 'Social Darwinism', entails the latter, but not the former, it is a misnomer. Likewise, any attempt to ground Capitalism, as a variety of 'Social Darwinism', on Darwinism proper, is inadequate. In contrast, the Dialectic evinces an Evolutionary pattern, i. e. the transition from antagonistic theses to a synthesis that incorporates both. However, Dialectical Materialism, unlike Darwinism, is not a theory of the generating of a new species from a given one. Hence, any attempt to ground Marxist Socialism on the latter is also inadequate. Thus, if Darwinism favors one or the other Economic theory, it is not clear which, or how.