Believers in the doctrine of "survival of the fittest," like Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner,argued that
A) only a few large corporations were fit to survive in the industrial jungle.
B) society owed a basic standard of living to even its weakest members.
C) there should be eugenic biological breeding to produce a superior human race.
D) fitness to survive and thrive could be proven through physical competition.
E) the wealthy deserved their riches because they had demonstrated greater abilities than the poor.
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