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sep 25, 1864 - Herbert Spencer introduces Social Darwinism

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|WHAT:| survival of the fittest applies to concentrating wealth for 'fit' people/races and rejects social welfare bc you're interfering with natural path | EFFECT:| used as a scientific way to justify racism and wealth imbalance throughout the rest of the 1800s

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sep 25, 1864
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~ 161 years ago