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Social Darwinists consisted of the elite upper class. They were very biased toward themselves and their accomplishments and were not concerned about or generous toward the poor because they believed that they deserved to be where they stood in society. Their interests were making themselves richer and keeping the poor poor. One would think that they would be against the government bailing out businesses, but in the long run it benefits them just as much if not more than the lower class.

Social Darwinists were named so because Charles Darwin's theory of evolution resembles the way they believe things should work and why they are the way they are. The believed that the economic world was the "survival of the fittest" and "dog eat dog." The rich were rich because they posessed the right qualities and the poor were the complete opposite (lazy, unambitious, not innovative, and dumb).