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because only a small minority triumph in the 

 " struggle for existence." Socialism claims, 

 on the contrary, that all ought to triumph in 

 this struggle, and that no one ought to be 

 conquered. 



III. The struggle for existence secures the 

 survival of the best, the victory of the 

 " fittest," and there consequently follows an 

 aristocratic gradation of selected individuals, 

 instead of the democratic, collectivist levelling 

 of socialism. 



