This is Pure Social Darwinism

Via Chait who could have of copied this right out of the Gilded Age Writing of the Prominent Social Darwinists of the Day:

...bringing ourselves face-to-face with the very real victims of Romney’s business career explodes his fairy tale of having been a “job creator.” He was in the business of creating wealth, not jobs. Capitalism increases a society’s standard of living, but it does not increase its rate of employment. If your goal is simply to give every willing worker a job, then socialism is the system you want.

Since we want to increase our standard of living, we want capitalism. That wealth benefits the whole society over the long run, but in the short run it can destroy lives and communities — which, of course, is one justification for the role of government in siphoning off a portion of the limitless wealth generated by the Mitt Romneys of the world in order to alleviate social dislocation. But the thrust of Romney’s platform is that people like himself give too much already, and those left behind get too much. His self-presentation as a “job creator” is an attempt to paint over that ugly reality. Republicans must be furious that Gingrich, of all people, is helping expose it.

Democrats often get painted as "Socialists" or "Commies" for promoting modest legislation that smooths out some of the rough edges - the social dislocations - of capitalism. Why shouldn't Republicans be called Darwinists for advocating the same policies prefered by Social Darwinsts of yesteryear? Calling Romney a Darwinist certainly won't endear him in the eyes of The Base. But if the shoe fits…..