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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.
These elements existed at the very heart of Industrialist efforts. In Social Darwinism, men like Rockefeller and Carnegie saw a validation of their own being and their place in the world. It is for this reason that Social Darwinism was so important to the emergence of growth and economic power during the Gilded Age.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.