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What is it that you believe in? Evolution? The second coming? Maybe it’s your religion that offers you a solution. It doesn’t matter what you think will come. One thing is for sure and that is that everyone see the world differentially. But here is what both of them say and how they can be different. Social Darwinism is a popular belief and follows the belief that “the strongest survive.” Which means that the strong only get stronger while the weak get even weaker. Social Darwinism had a huge play in the world, with that of people looking to it saying that’s why the Holocaust happened. Although it did play a huge part it is highly controversial whether or not it can be based on society. If a strong person can only get strong

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