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[[Evolutionary racism]] refers to a [[racist]] philosophy based on [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[Evolution|evolutionary theory]].  It assumes that men have continually evolved, and thus some races are more evolved than others.  It replaces [[Christian]] [[morality]] with the [[atheistic]] "survival of the fittest."  
 
[[Evolutionary racism]] refers to a [[racist]] philosophy based on [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[Evolution|evolutionary theory]].  It assumes that men have continually evolved, and thus some races are more evolved than others.  It replaces [[Christian]] [[morality]] with the [[atheistic]] "survival of the fittest."  
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The [[Nazi]]s and Adolf Hitler consider the German race the "master race".
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The [[Nazi]]s and Adolf Hitler consider the German race the "master race".  
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According to the Holocaust Encyclopedia website:
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{{Cquote|The concept of Lebensraum—or “living space”—served as a critical component in the Nazi worldview that drove both its military conquests and racial policy.
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Renowned German geographer Friedrich Ratzel coined the term in 1901. He and many others at the turn of the century believed that a nation had to be self-sufficient in terms of resources and territory (a concept known as autarky) to protect itself from external threats.
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Ratzel and others were also deeply influenced by the new work of Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/lebensraum LEBENSRAUM], Holocaust Encyclopedia website</ref>}}
    
==== Adolf Hitler and evolutionary, racist genocide ====
 
==== Adolf Hitler and evolutionary, racist genocide ====
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