Victoriana
This is shamelessly stolen from The Truth About Victoriana , which I highly suggest you check out if you have time - or even if you don't. Common Rationalizations (i.e., excuses) used when applying SOCIAL DARWINISM ... • it is simply the rules of the economic market ... supply & demand! • Business is business! • Since when does Christianity apply to business? You cannot apply the Golden Rule to economics! You apply it to everyone and anything else, but NOT business! • Of course it is okay to take over other businesses and cause owners to suffer! That's just plain business! (he/she wasn't a good business person anyway, they couldn't do ___________, etc.) • Who cares how many unemployed may result from the decision to import those things that local farmers used to grow!? It makes more economic sense to go after a buck! (these are only a few examples, there are TONS of them that were operating during the Victorian Age and, sad to say, these same types of excuses are ...