Taking this as given - which means this may or may not have anything to do with the UF universe.

>Hey, Megazone, you against evolution?

No. But since evolution isn't involved, what's that got to do with it?

>And hey, everyone else, how do you think evolution happens? The
>weak die out. The Shadows are just accelerating the process.

No they're not - they're manipulating the process, not accelerating it. They're picking favorites.

If I spread weed killer on my garden so the weeds all die and the flowers don't - that is not evolution. That's meddling. The weeds are actually, overall, the better evolutionary path - hardier breeds. But I've deliberately altered the environment to kill them off.

That's what the shadows do - they throw their weight behind races willing to serve them, and therefore try to tip the scales. Even if those races aren't the most advanced. Actually, they tend to pick the underdogs because those races tend to be more desperate for anything to put them ahead - no matter the cost.

Say you have a couple of primative tribes at war - and you go in and give one tribe machine guns and grenades. They'll probably win - but that's not evolution. Social darwinism is a bunch of bullshit, which has been shown again and again. It is pseudo-science for the ignorant masses.

Besides, even taking your view - if the Shadows lose, then they weren't the 'fittest', now were they?

If you're going to be a Social Darwinist, despite how discredited that view has been, then it comes down to who wins the war. Only a fool would just lay down and die.

The Vorlons do the same thing, just in a different way. Both races are far from impartial, they're both trying to *steer* evolution the way they want it to go by altering the rules of the game.

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