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Social Darwinism reinforces Laissez-faire because because it says that if you are not of good breeding you will not succeed, if you are, you will. Well, much like pre-destination, if you already know what is going to happen, what's the point of being good, improving yourself, etc. In that case, let the good times roll! Usually the point is put differently. Social Darwinists oppose welfare (and if really extreme, even charity) on the grounds that it allegedly interferes with the functioning of the 'laws of natural selection' and the 'survival of the fittest'; they argue that any system other than laissez faire will result in the unfit (who, they say, should simply perish) breeding like rabits and so forth. In other words, they fall back on laissez faire as a system that they are willing to accept. Some very extreme Social Darwinists would prefer to accelerate natural selection by aritificial means as happened under the Nazis. Joncey to break this down, the strongest will survive in free trade (this is the easy way to say it). if you have an unstable economy and no central govt. you will fail and will not be able to participate in free-trade (Laissez-fair)

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