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How Does Social Darwinism Exist

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Social Darwinism is a theory proposed by Herbert Spencer whose basis is Charles Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection (where weaker animals are less likely to survive compared to stronger animals). However, Spencer’s theory states that the “weak” dwindle and their cultures die out and this in turn leads to the “strong” growing in power and influence in any social, political, or economic situation. Social Darwinism does exist, but only to those who have to justify their wrongdoings, and it still exists today not only in politics but as well as society in general but moreso as a mind set rather than a universal theory.
One of the biggest examples of using this theory to justify a person’s means is the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler used this to “philosophically”
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