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Social Darwinism is a term scholars use to describe the practice of misapplying the biological evolutionary language of Charles Darwin to politics, the economy, and society.
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Many Social Dawinists embraced laissez-faire capitalism and racism. They believed that government should not interfere in the "survival of the fittest" by helping the poor, and prompted the idea that some races are biologically superior to others.
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The ideas of SOcial Darwinism pervaded many aspects of American Society in the Gilded Age, including policies that affected immigration, imperialism, and public health.
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June 9, 2020 13:54
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