Social Darwinists believed that
a. social evolution did not work in the same way as biological evolution
b. over time complexity would revert to simplicity and societies would become more primitive.
c. social reforms should not be implemented because they interfered with the natural progression of society.
d. humans could shape the evolution of society.
c
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