Mortal Engines

Municipal Darwinism – an ecological perspective

Posted on July 27, 2023

Municipal Darwinism is a widely used term to describe the principles and processes behind the evolution of traction cities of the Traction Era, a period in the history of planet Earth, which lasted for approximately one thousand years. Although it is primarily developed as a philosophy to describe, and somehow justify the predatory nature of the biggest traction cities, it is also useful to understand the rise and decline of Tractionism. Meanwhile, it is also useful to understand how Tractionism affected the wildlife on the planet. However, it is still more of a philosophy, rather than a valid biological process.