gie believed it was his destiny to become a self-made millionaire. Carnegie thought it was possible for the average man to build up a fortune because the average man was better off than Carnegie was 20 year ago. The average man of the 20th century had luxuries that only the wealthy could afford a few generations before. Carnegie thought he was part of the elite class through!
the law of competition. He argues that, "under the law of competition, the employer of thousands is forced into the strictest economies...often this [leads to] friction between employer and the employed". The friction of employer and employee paralleled the friction between the wealthy and poor. The law of competition may sound like a component of Social Darwinism because it is Carnegie's own interpretation of this philosophy. Carnegie believed that the law of competition ensured tha
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