Carnegie's Argument About The Gospel Of Wealth

The central theme of Carnegie's argument about the Gospel of Wealth is that rich people are superior to all others and should be allowed to use their money to help the less "fit" people.
Carnegie believed in Social Darwinism. He believed that the fact that a person was rich showed that he was more fit than others. This meant that the rich man was the one who knew the most about how to prosper in society. Carnegie believed that rich people should use their money to help the poor. But he did not think that they should just give the money away because the poor would not use it in the best ways. Therefore, the rich man should be paternalistic. He should spend his money for the benefit of the poor, just as parents spend for the benefit of their children without actually letting the children have the money.
According to the book, this is a mixture of Social Darwinism and philanthropy. It is about how the rich should use their money and their superiority to help the poor.
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It seems to me that someone must do the dirty work and the difficult jobs that the benefactors are certainly not taking part in, yet Carnegie tells men to aim for the highest. In some ways it seems as if he is trying to hold society as a whole to a higher level by telling the men of the lowest tear to work towards their goals and achieve greatness. I found Carnegie to be a combination of persuasive and self-serving. In many instances his writing seemed to speak to a certain audience one that has the money to make change and the possibility transform society as a whole. However at the same time in was self-serving in that his speech really is not directed towards everyone. There are many who will work as hard as they can for their entire lives and will still not meet greatness or achieve certain