Darwin did not know what a bitter satire he wrote on mankind. . when he showed that free competition, the struggle for existence, which the economists celebrate as the highest historical achievement, is the normal state of the animal kingdom. Only conscious organization of social production, in which production and distribution are carried on in a planned way, can lift mankind above the rest of the animal. Friedrick Engels
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Charles Darwin was a genius. He discovered the theory of evolution through natural selection. His ideas about evolution were groundbreaking and were at the time very controversial. In his book, The Origin of Species, he made a statement that has been called "the bitterest satire on mankind." It is a parody of human nature, in which he shows the struggle for existence in humans.

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