As is gets closer to end the century, this new emphasis on hands off government becomes a priority in the nation.
People like Willain Grahan Sumner and Andrew Carnegie believed that people were better off alone economically speaking, so they could rise and accumulate wealth.
"if we are free, self governing people, we can blame nobody but ourselves for our misfortunes"
Its an emphasis on laissez fairez like Jefferson had once approved, capitalism and the protection of property like the framers have once thought deriving from Locke. it's a mix of ideas that bound together and leads to so much wealth on the hands of some and so little intervention of the government that at points those wealthiers would have more money than the government itself.
Lands were donated and tax exempted off the riches by the government. Also the complaints about the currency Gold vs Silver, also benefited the rich.
"People should have equal rights, Because they provide equal chances" however those chances ought not to guarantee any success to one. It's up to each individual to be wise enough and rise up to its maximum. the equality people ought to have is the one to compete with one another.
However Andre Carnegie had a different approach to all this. He believed in the "survival of the fittest " but he was also a philanthropic. He thought people should accumulate their wealth if they had the ability to do so, but also help the community in a way or another.
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