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The Darwin theory has to do with evolution and survival. When reading the book, people have inferred that Darwin had a "survival of the fittest" type of a opinion when writing the book. In the late 1800's, Social Darwinists emerged in the public eye. Taking from what we know about Darwin and his theory, we've come to realize that these Social Darwinists believed in the "survival of the fittest" type of a opinion as well. However, they applied they're beliefs to the economic world. Today, our economy is struggling and our government has thought up of the bailout plan to help large, struggling companies. In the nineteenth century, the Social Darwinists would've viewed our bailout plan as corrupting and wrong. By definition Social Darwinists have to do with the survival of the fittest in the economy. They believed in the 1800's that the poor were poor because they should be and that the rich were rich because they deserved to be. This belief is also related to the "Gospel of Wealth" which speaks of the same opinion. This biased opinion helps explain why the Social Darwinists supported such people as J.P. Morgan, Rockefeller, and Carnegie. The three business men were successful because they put a lot into their work. They were, in the Darwinists' eyes, rich because they deserved to be rich. Businesses similar to Morgan, Rockefeller, and Carnegie today are GM, Ford, and Chrysler. With these companies struggling, our economy is plummeting rapidly. When we compare today to the late 1800's, their economy is better than ours. With this sad truth breathing down our back, the government has decided to make a bailout plan for large corporations that are struggling. They've decided to "loan" a given amount of money to companies such as GM, Ford, and Chrysler in hopes of regaining our country's powerful economy. This plan goes against the beliefs of the Social Darwinists in the nineteenth century. As mentioned earlier, Darwinism is the survival of the fittest. With the bailout plan loaning out money to large, but struggling corporations, the Darwinists would've been enraged to find out what our government has turned to.