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Randiancapitalismis socialDarwinism,the Naziideologycannotbe socialDarwinism.
Theconverseis alsotrue—inasmuchas the Naziideologycountsas socialDarwinism,
RandianObjectivismcannotbe that.
Yet, despitesuchconsiderations,somegovernistsinterject,“Not so fast!” Theytell me
that it is unfairto classifyNazisas mysticswhoconsistentlyrefusedto exercisethe faculty
for practicalreasons.Thesegovernistinterlocutorsof mineinsist,for instance,thatthe
Nazisdid put theirphronesisintoplayto managethe Germaneconomysuccessfully—
muchmoresuccessfullythandid the InventivePeriod’s marketeconomyor the Soviet
Union’s centralplanners.Thatclaimmustnot go unchallenged.Alsoto be subjectedto
scrutinyis the veryideathat thereis any legitimacyin criticizinganyonefor beinga social
Darwinist,whateverthat is.

NOTES

1. Proctor1999,5, 248–49, 11.


2. J. Toland1976,403–04.


3. NaziParty1966,281–82, adaptedfromNaziParty1937,7–8.


4. Proctor1999,201–05.


5. H. L. Lombardand C. R. Doering1928,http://www.epidemiology.ch/history/PDFbg/LombardHL
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6. F L. Hoffman1915,186.


7. Proctor1999,277.


8. Proctor1999,277 says“as somelibertariansseemto wantus to believe” and thenplacesendnote 72
   at the end of this sentence.On page350 n. 72, ProctorcitesSullum1998.


9. Sullum1999,accessedonlineThursday,May31, 2007.


10. Proctor1999,124.


11. Sullum1999,accessedonlineThursday,May31, 2007.


12. Proctor1999,25–26.


13. Sullum1999,accessedonlineThursday,May31, 2007.


14. M. W. Lewis1992,38.


15. Proctor1999,124–25, 26.


16. Steiner’s involvementin theosophy—andresultantdisputewiththeosophyleaderJ. Krishnamur-
    ti—is documentedin C. Wilson2000,141–46.


17. Thatit wasa GermanmysticnamedRudolphSteinerwhostartedthe “organic” foodcrazeis
    discussedin L. M. Silver2006,225–231.Steiner’s involvementin theosophyis discussedin C. Wilson
    2000,141–46.


18. C. Wilson2000,142.


19. Paarlberg2010,140; and L. M. Silver2006,226–28.


20. Paarlberg2010,140.


21. Paarlberg2010,141; and L. M. Silver2006,230.


22. DeGregori1999,accessedonlineWednesday,May30, 2007;and Paarlberg2010,140.


23. Paarlberg2010,140.


24. DeGregori 2001, https://web.archive.org/web/20030802013328/http://www.acsh.org/publications/
    priorities/1302/coverstory.html,accessedWednesday,October1, 2014,


25. SamuelEpstein,interviewedin Achbaret al., prod.2003,transcriptonlinein the PDFat http://
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26. M. Parenti 1995 6th ed., 112, 119.


27. Bin Laden2002,http://tinyurl.com/kva1,accessedTuesday,June19, 2007.


28. L. E. Sponsel2013,A11.


29. B. Ames1995,589.


30. Jeff Diamond,prod.1994,providesthesefacts.Theyare also providedby M. W. Lewis1992,128.


31. B. Ames1995,589.On this samepageBruceAmesaddsthat30 percentof cancerdeathsin the
    UnitedStatescan be attributedto smoking.


32. Dolland Peto1981,1197,1256,cit. by Logomasini2002,159, and also cit. by Bastet al. 1994,41–42.


33. Bastet al. 1994,41–42, citingDolland Peto1981,1256.


34. Dolland Peto1981,1197,1256,cit. by Logomasini2002,159, and also cit. by Bastet al. 1994,41–42.


35. Jeff Diamond,prod.1994;andFumento1999,accessedonlineThursday,May31, 2007,provide
    thesefacts.


36. Stossel2006,7.