Octamom and Darwin

I am completely disgusted after hearing that the Octamom, Nadya Suleman, has applied for welfare in order to support herself and her 14 children. If this doesn't demonstrate the absolute decent of this country into the abyss, I don't know what will. It is reprehensible on so many levels but the main one is the most politically incorrect to discuss (I cannot resist). The encouragement and support of the lowest segment of society to have multiple children which expands the DNA of the least fit into our gene pool.

For hundreds of thousands of years humans have evolved to where we continuously improve upon ourselves through the process of natural selection. Darwinian principles, the survival of the most fit, as harsh as it seems ultimately lead to a more evolved being. We have developed bigger brains and more intelligence which has been our strategy to increase our survivability. This continues to go on in parts of the world. In the last hundred or so years humans in "developed" societies have determined that they will subvert natural selection by not allowing nature to select out those least fit to survive. Governments have stepped in to ensure their and their progeny's survival. Since parents at the bottom of the socio-economic scale do not feel the pressure of the need to feed their children, (since government will), they are free to multiply without end or disincentive. These government programs have the unintended consequence of promoting the expansion of DNA into our gene pool of the LEAST likely to survive. I am not saying this is wrong policy just making an observation.

On the contrary, successful people, people with means, are more likely the intelligent segment of society. This segment has to support their offspring and may be disinclined to have multiple children as they alone are responsible for their necessities. This decreases the volume of DNA from the most intelligent into the gene pool. So we have a situation where the DNA from the most successful is decreasing and the DNA from the unsuccessful is increasing. We will not see the result of this experiment for many generations but I can assure you that it will have an effect. Draw your own conclusions.

Again, these are just observations. My feelings are that humans may try to outwit nature and its laws of selection but the power of Darwinian principles are too strong. Eventually we will be overpowered by those laws and again those with the most ability will survive. The Earth is not limitless in its resources and the population is increasing at an unsustainable rate. Eventually we will go through a natural selection and Octamom and her progeny will have to compete to survive not just apply for welfare and have the government take from me and give to her.