The Holocaust was an acceptable form of natural selection. Welfare takes money away from hardworking individuals and gives it to the idle, the useless members of our society. 59.4% of America's wealth is held by the top 5% of its population. The conception of Social Darwinism in the late 19th century led to the type of ideology used here and justifies that appalling fact.
             Historically, the stronger, more capable members of society have thought of themselves as being better than those that are less fortunate than themselves, believing the weak only exist to improve the lives of the strong. In the late 19th century, with the onslaught of a Democratic Revolution, the traditional hierarchical rationalization for this exploitation was lost. In place of these hierarchies emerged a democratic market system. A new system required new justification. Consequently, many writers and philosophers attempted to convey this message, but it was not until Charles Darwin published his biological research on evolution, On the Origin of Species, that these men were able to find justification for their views. However, it is merely that: justification. Such scholars as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner used the biological research of Darwin and attempted to apply to a social context, neglecting the complexity of human nature.
             In 1859 Charles Darwin released his revolutionary work, On the Origin of Species. In this work, he proposed "one general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die" (Darwin, 263). According to this "law," minute differences in an organism's genetic makeup provide this organism with advantages over others in terms of survival and general reproduction. These traits would in turn be passed on through reproduction to its descendants, who would eventually mutate into new varieties of the same organism. H...