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Kyle Lascano Sociology Chapter 1 Journal In the early 1800’s, two men planted the seeds that would later burgeon in to a heavily debated study about a perfect society. Herbert Spencer coined the idea of Social Darwinism. In a society as such, the theory of evolution plays a big role. Survival of the fittest is the main idea here. The weak and poor die out while the able and rich survive to live another day. According to the study, there will be a point in time where everyone is at the top and nobody will be left in the bottom of the social ladder. In contrast with this, Karl Marx theorized the idea of Communism. The goal of such is to create a classless society. There will be no discrimination nor “power” at the top. Everyone works

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