The Evolution of Social Darwinism The Holocaust was an acceptable form of natural selection. Welfare takes money away from hardworking individuals and gives it to the idle, the useless members of our society. 59.4% of America’s wealth is held by the top 5% of its population. The conception of Social Darwinism in the late 19th century led to the type of ideology used here and justifies that appalling fact. Historically, the stronger, more capable members of …showed first 75 words of 2424 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2424 total…the ability to overcome his self-interested nature, to go against what is engrained deep within his genetic makeup, in order to aid the progression of civilization without marginalizing those that appear less apt to the current conditions of our society. By shunning the extremist views of individualism, laissez-faire economics and other such debasing actions, the sociobiologists of the modern era have taken a historically misrepresented philosophy and applied it beneficently to the world of today.