The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy

I have started reading John Dewey's essay, The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy and I am struck by his contention that the anti-evolution forces are driven by the politics of preserving the status quo. This has been said by others in many other forms, but John Dewey gave this essay as a lecture in 1909.

The material conditions at the time were that the USA and Germany were rising Capitalist powers and their ruling classes were enthralled with the idea that change was good. Whereas the declining capitalist powers like Britain and France, and the declining feudal powers like Russia and China were hostile to the idea of change - they wanted the world to remain as it was. So, the Americans and Germans were enthusiats for evolution while the British and French reacted against it.

Now we have the declining Capitalist power of the USA reacting against evolution because the Americans want the world to remain as it is with them on top. Alas, the wheel of history has turned and the current American empire is headed for destruction.

But I am surprised how rapidly this has come about. I would not have thought the decline would be so rapid even ten (10) years ago.

I think globalism of capital has had a big influence on this because capital is no longer tied to a country as before. This has exposed a great contradiction in Capitalism - nationalism gives rise to Capitalism but capital has no need for nationalism except to raise armies to destroy other capitalists and communists.