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Social Darwinism, the theory that persons, groups, and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin had perceived in plants and animals in nature.
Rockefeller and Carnegie took to Social Darwinism as a way to expand their reach into profit-making centers and industrial growth. Social Darwinism was used to praise individual endeavor and the will to act in a manner that stressed dominance and success.he essence of Social Darwinism was a misreading of Darwinian thought to justify the advancement of big business in American society during the Gilded Age.