Saturday, November 21, 2009

Socialism Is Intelligent Design Theory

In the same way that evolution is a well-established fact, so is the economy as a free market (without the free market, there would be no economy per se). There are of course theories of evolution, just as there are theories of the market economy, but the fact that there are theories doesn't mean that we can deny reality without consequence. Those who support socialism of any sort are the same as those who support creationism or intelligent design -- and Marxism is a theory of socialism in the same way as there are theories of intelligent design. In fact, Marxism and other theories of socialism are precisely theories of intelligent design applied to the economy. People should be honest about what they are. Any sort of support for any kind of intelligent design rather than recognizing that complex entities such as living things or economies are self-organizing comes from a denial of facts and of reality. It is time we were honest about what is really going on here.

4 comments:

John said...

Given that evolution has a kind of emergent, self-transcending intelligence of its own, evident in basic survival, sexual selection, and then "artificial" selection and scientific genetic manipulation, I wonder if "Intelligent Design Theory" isn't a misnomer along the lines of "social Darwinism." It's certainly misleading about the attributes of its proponents.

Troy Camplin said...

Amen to all that. I like to point out to IDers that if they are right, God is a blundering fool. And I don't believe God is a blundering fool. Humans, on the other hand . . .

John said...

Maybes shoulda said, "Self-transcendent."

Troy Camplin said...

I like that. Self-organizing systems are self-transcendent. Another word for emergence.