social darwinism failed in those areas you named because it didn't exist. The government had too many controls and people were uncapable of leaving their classes. When you look at Mozart he could not perform his music unless it was deemed appropriate by the emporer. He was not alloud to leave the service of whichever leadership figure claimed him, he was by definition a slave, there was no social darwinism because in its place was government (and Mozart did have two sons). And in the case of the Dalai Lama, seriously, look at Asia, almost none of it is free market and the Dalai Lama does not produce a service for which paymrnt is due anyway, the only way for social darwinism to work is for government to not interfere with buisiness. The wealthy that you look at and don't see achievment in, are those that exploit the controls that government put in place. If you're a communist or a socialist ask yourself, are you entitled to someone elses work?
