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Charles Darwin was a controversial thinker at his time and his thoughts are divisive even today. Darwin's statements in favor of evolution caused an out roar among the conservative Christians of his time but his theories were adapted to a variety of situations. Social economists coined the term "survival of the fittest," in which the traits of the rich such as smart, ambitious, innovative, and leadership were passed on because those were the desirable traits and the traits that would keep a person alive and successful. One of the most pressing issues facing the US today is the government bailout plan. Social Darwinists would think that the bailout plan is not necessary and unbeneficial, because a person should at least attempt to move upwards in society and the bailout would be throwing money away. Social Darwinists believe that a person's place and societal class in life was predetermined. The traits that were beneficial to a person would survive in life and those that made a person poor would die out. A person should aspire to be successful and ambitious and not sit around being lethargic. If a person truly wanted to succeed in life, they should make attempts to fix it and not freeload off of others' success. Carnegie would be cited as an example, as he worked his way up from poverty and became one of the richest men in the country. The bailout plan would be seen as giving money away, in essence. A person should be self-motivated to move upwards in life and not try and slide by. The bailout would be helping those citizens who don't deserve it and aren't worthy of it. If a person truly was worthy, they would've already moved upwards in society.