Social Darwinism supports the notion that
A) our social interactions are constantly evolving in an evolution-like process.
B) Darwinian theory is most applicable to socialist societies.
C) "superior" societies have the right to invade and conquer "lesser" societies.
D) Darwin was a socialist.
E) the roots of social psychology may be traced to the writings of Darwin.
C
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