{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Cranach","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith","author_name":"Gene Veith","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/author\/geneveith\/","title":"Darwin's Social Darwinism","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5wNPfT7agu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2021\/09\/darwins-social-darwinism\/\">Darwin&#8217;s Social Darwinism<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2021\/09\/darwins-social-darwinism\/embed\/#?secret=5wNPfT7agu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Darwin&#8217;s Social Darwinism&#8221; &#8212; Cranach\" data-secret=\"5wNPfT7agu\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/305\/2021\/08\/Portrait_of_Charles_Darwin._Wellcome_M0010103.jpg","thumbnail_width":628,"thumbnail_height":768,"description":"I have heard that \"social Darwinism\" was the invention of Herbert Spencer, 19th century Robber Barons, and others, who were said to have misunderstood or misapplied Darwin's ideas.\u00a0 It turns out, though, that Darwin himself believed that his theory of evolution through the survival of the fittest applies not only to the origin of species but to human society, and that our impulse to care for the poor, the disabled, and the weak interferes with our evolutionary progress."}