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Centerfor AmericanProgress(CAP):on Clubof Rome, 216
WoodrowWilson,108; whitewashesLouis Coase,Ronald, 303
Brandeis,107; whitewashesTheodore CoaseTheorem, 303
Roosevelt,114, 116.See alsoProgressives Coca-Cola:and Fanta,145–146; and
Chamberlain,HoustonStewart:and competition,111, 300–301; and Nazis,145,
Christianity,136; and RichardWagner,136; 146; and differentiationof productfrom
comparedto Nietzsche,136; directlycitedby competitors’, 300–301; and racial
Hitler,138, 139; followerof Romanticist discrimination, 111
philosophy,136–137, 328; hatescapitalism, collectivism:and a millionaire’s fortune,35–36,
137, 328; hatesJewsfor beingcapitalist,137; 41–42; contradictedby Enlightenmentliberal
influencedby Hegel,137, 328; influencedby philosophy,221–222; extolledby Lester
Kant,136, 328; influenceon MadisonGrant, Ward,88; in eugenics,30–31, 44–45, 88, 122,
139; meetsHitler,138; praisedby Theodore 123; in Volkishromanticism,72, 219–220,
Roosevelt,136; quoted,137; rejects 220–221; of fascism,152, 160; of healthpolice,
Enlightenmentphilosophy,136–137, 328.See 201–202, 203; of Heidegger,165; of Nazis,
alsoGermanphilosophyof the nineteenth 159, 182–178, 186, 189, 220–221, 246; preached
century;Romanticistphilosophy;scientific by FrancisGalton,30, 42; versus
racists;Volkishmovement industrialization,219–220; Volkishideaof
Chase,Allan(journalist),16, 17–18, 265 Bund, 220–221.See alsoaltruism;governism;
chemicals:fearedby environmentalistsof freer Progressives;self-sacrifice
world,205, 206–210; fearedby Nazis,201, Columbus,Christopher, 67
204–205, 210–211; not causingcancer Commager,HenrySteele,81, 83–84, 85–86, 90,
epidemic,205–211.See alsocancer; 91
environmentalism;Romanticistphilosophy Commentary(magazine), 146
chemists.Seeatomictheory complexadaptivesystems(CAS).Seeemergent
Chinese,xvi, 44, 67, 85, 86, 93, 113, 118, 121, 144, complexity,theoryof
253 ComplexityTheory.Seeemergentcomplexity,
Chodes,John(playwright), 196 theoryof
Chomsky,Noam:quotingThomasJefferson Commons,JohnR.: advisedTheodore
misleadinglyaboutcorporations,154–155; Roosevelt,121; advisedWoodrowWilson,
sayscapitalismleadsto Naziism,141; 121; denouncesJews,121; hailedas superior
similarityto Hitlerin speechmaking, 143 to Spencerand Sumner,89, 121; influenced
Christianity:and ChristianSocialism,61, 88, 94, by RichardT. Ely, 121; influenceon Robert
184; and HoustonChamberlain,136; and La Follette,89, 121; praisedas an enemyof
slavery,67–69; citedby Hitler,186, 188–189, socialDarwinism,89–90, 103–104, 121;
247; citedby Nazis,136, 165, 170, 184, racismof, 121.See alsoProgressives
185–186, 186, 188–189, 247; not main CommunistPartyof the USA(CPUSA), 157
philosophicinfluenceon foundingof USA, compulsorysterilization,39–40, 62, 64–65, 85,
327; versusAynRand,56; versuscapitalism, 90, 91, 95, 97, 108–109, 115, 120, 242.See also
4, 6, 94, 186, 247; versusevolutionarytheory, Buckv. Bell(courtcase);eugenics;initiation
5–6, 56–59 of the use of force
ChristianSocialism,88, 94, 184; versus“Christ Comte,Auguste,271–272, 282, 290.See also
Socialism” of Nazis, 242 altruism
Churchill,Winston, 123 Condorcet,Nicolas, 68
Cicero(Romanstatesman), 327 “conservativeDarwinism” (term),109–110
CivilianConservationCorps,188, 234 conservatives:acceptingleft-wing
civildisobedience, 307 misconceptionsaboutsocialDarwinism,8–9,
civilianspursuingcriminals:as vigilantes, 21, 56–58, 66, 249; accusingleft-wing
304–313; in accordancewithdue process,308, scientistsof socialDarwinism,57–58, 66, 249;
310–311 calledsocialDarwinists,4, 57–59; opposing
civilsuits:for defamation,315–320; “loserpays” laissezfairewhenfavoringeugenics, 123
system,309–310; replacingcriminallaw, constitution.SeeU.S.Constitution
302–304; versusalternativedispute contracts:breachin, 319–320; competencyrelies
resolution,309–310 on goodfaith,317–319; Fourteenth
CivilWar(UnitedStates),xi, 14, 43, 62 Amendmentsupposedto protectfreedomin

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