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[–] stopdropandprole@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

an oversimplification of the world into "natural laws" that are poorly understood, usually surrounding a shallow understanding of survival of the fittest and hierarchical structures in animal behavior.

well put. this is why lobster discourse inexplicably drew national media coverage ~5-6 years ago.

for those dumb enough to fall hook line and sinker for the Naturalistic Fallacy and apply lobster behavior as prescriptions for how to organize human societies, it's an easy jump to look at historical conquests/subjugation and proclaim "it's natural for some groups to dominate others, see, it happened in the past so it must be an innate characteristic!"

for a succinct (and entertaining) analysis along these lines of pseudo-intellectual justifications for fascism, i highly recommend Some More News' takedown of Canada's stupidest pundit