Social Darwinism ( 1920s) (1 janv. 1920 – 31 déc. 1929)

Description:

-The theory that individuals are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals that became big in the 20s and 30s.
- Introduced by Herbert Spencer in the late 1800s, before dying in 1903, he will not see his idea blow up and be named Social Darwinism.
-It was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.