Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism is, for the most part, survival of the fittest. The most wealthy and powerful people succeed and leave everyone else that it considered "unfit" to struggle. Society is put into classes. The wealthy, white people were the upper class. The white people who made enough to get by made up the middle class. And the black people who did not make much money, because society felt they were inferior, made up the lower class. There were other situations that fit into these categories, but for the most part this was how their society was made up; wealthy white people had superiority. I think in today's society we still see a little bit of Social Darwinism left behind. The fact that there are still unwritten levels of class is pretty sad considering all the people who have fought and sometimes lost their lives to make this country a free country where everyone is treated equally. I think that a good example of how Social Darwinism is echoed today is homeless people. Many people look down on the homeless and assume that it is their fault because of something they did in their life. Many people don't want to give money to a homeless person because they are under the impression that it the money will be spent on drugs. In some cases this is true, but in others it is far from false. Homeless people are not always homeless because they are drug addicts. There are many reasons why people can be forced to live on the streets. One of the reasons is that they could have been hurt and not able to afford healthcare for their medical issues. I do not think anything that puts people in class statuses is a good idea. People and their circumstances are so different that it is never fair to put them into a category. If America is going to claim that they are a free country, that everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that everyone is to be treated equally, they cannot the theory of Social Darwinism present.