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-In this theory popularized in the late nineteenth century by Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner, only relentless competition could produce social progress, with wealth a sign of "fitness" and poverty one of "unfitness" for survival.

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Social Darwinism is the theory that only the strongest and fittest individuals and businesses survive and thrive in society, just as in nature. It was popularized by Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner in the late nineteenth century.

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