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World War I saw the first use of [[poison gas]], large [[artillery]], armored [[tank]]s, and [[airplane]]s. It was a "total war" because the governments involved took control over the [[economy]] and factories, giving first priority to the goods needed for [[war]]. Wage and price controls were imposed, there was rationing of goods for civilians, and [[free speech]] was limited.  The governments put out [[propaganda]] to maximize support for the war and dislike of the enemy.  Many of the techniques of population manipulation and central government control which we see today were first pioneered by [[Europe]]an powers during World War I.

World War I saw the first use of [[poison gas]], large [[artillery]], armored [[tank]]s, and [[airplane]]s. It was a "total war" because the governments involved took control over the [[economy]] and factories, giving first priority to the goods needed for [[war]]. Wage and price controls were imposed, there was rationing of goods for civilians, and [[free speech]] was limited.  The governments put out [[propaganda]] to maximize support for the war and dislike of the enemy.  Many of the techniques of population manipulation and central government control which we see today were first pioneered by [[Europe]]an powers during World War I.

Historian Jacques Barzun observed how Darwinism caused the horrendous brutality of the wars leading up to this one: "Since in every European country between 1870 and 1914 there was a war party demanding armaments, an individualist party demanding ruthless competition, an [[imperialist]] party demanding a free hand over backward peoples, a [[socialist]] party demanding the conquest of power and a [[racial]]ist party demanding internal purges against aliens — all of them, when appeals to greed and glory failed, invoked [[Herbert Spencer|Spencer]] and Darwin, which was to say [[Scientism|science incarnate]]."<ref>http://www.creators.com/conservative/pat-buchanan/making-a-monkey-out-of-darwin.html</ref>

Historian Jacques Barzun observed how Darwinism caused the horrendous brutality of the wars leading up to this one: "Since in every European country between 1870 and 1914 there was a war party demanding armaments, an [[Individualism|individualist]] party demanding ruthless competition, an [[imperialist]] party demanding a free hand over backward peoples, a [[socialist]] party demanding the conquest of power and a [[racial]]ist party demanding internal purges against aliens — all of them, when appeals to greed and glory failed, invoked [[Herbert Spencer|Spencer]] and Darwin, which was to say [[Scientism|science incarnate]]."<ref>http://www.creators.com/conservative/pat-buchanan/making-a-monkey-out-of-darwin.html</ref>

=== A Spark Leads to a Fire ===

=== A Spark Leads to a Fire ===