In [[Politics of the United States|political discussions in the United States]], the term is mostly used by its enemies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Constitutional Rights Foundation|url=https://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-19-2-b-social-darwinism-and-american-laissez-faire-capitalism.html|website=www.crf-usa.org|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> "It's a rhetorical device to make evolution seem like a kind of faith, like '[[Maoism]],'" says [[Harvard University]] biologist [[E. O. Wilson]]. He adds, "Scientists don't call it 'Darwinism'."<ref>{{cite news |last=Adler |first=Jerry |date=28. november 2005 |title=Charles Darwin: Evolution of a Scientist |url=http://www.newsweek.com/evolution-scientist-113733 |work=[[Newsweek]] |location=New York |publisher=Newsweek LLC |volume=146 |issue=22 |pages=50–58 |issn=0028-9604 |access-date=2015-11-16}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]], the term often retains its positive sense as a reference to natural selection, and for example British [[Ethology|ethologist]] and evolutionary biologist [[Richard Dawkins]] wrote in his collection of essays ''[[A Devil's Chaplain]]'', published in 2003, that as a scientist he is a Darwinist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beliefnet.com/News/Science-Religion/2003/12/Religion-For-Dummies.aspx |title=Religion: For Dummies |last=Sheahen |first=Laura |website=[[Beliefnet]] |publisher=BN Media, LLC |location=Norfolk, VA |access-date=2015-11-16}}</ref>
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