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Which of the following is a concept supported by social darwinism

-enact worker protection
-undertake charitable work
- alleviate poverty and regulate big businesses
-promote laissez-faire economic and social policies

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"promote laissez-faire economic and social policies" would be a concept supported by social darwinism, since this entails the government letting the free market regulate itself, in a manner of the "survival of the fittest". 
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Promote laissez-faire economic and social policies" would be a concept supported by social Darwinism, since this entails the government letting the free market regulate itself, in a manner of the "survival of the fittest".

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Social Darwinists believed that the life of humans in the community was a contest for existence ruled by “survival of the fittest,” a phrase introduced by the British philosopher and scientist Herbert Spencer.

Social Darwinism, a term coined in the late 19th century to describe the idea that humans, like animals and plants, fight in a contest for existence in which natural determination.

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