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youngboy223:

Which two entrepreneurs believed they were examples of social Darwinism at work?

justasoftie:

Welcome to QC! What do you believe the answer would be love? And do you have choices?

youngboy223:

Which two entrepreneurs believed they were examples of social Darwinism at work? Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell

justasoftie:

What do you think the answer would be?

youngboy223:

idk

justasoftie:

According to Google: Andrew Carnegie seems to have been influenced by Social Darwinism, as witnessed by this quote: While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department.

justasoftie:

Also according to google: Business owners utilized Social Darwinian beliefs to justify monopolies. John. D. Rockefeller, president of the Standard Oil Company and an Ohioan, once contended that "the growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest." ... Progressives believed that God did not sentence some people to lives of poverty.

youngboy223:

thank

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