HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
Question
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Darwinism
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White man’s burden
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Natural Selection
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Social Darwinism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Social Darwinists believe in “survival of the fittest”-the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better. Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half.
Detailed explanation-2: -In short, believers and followers of social Darwinism postulated that human lives in an anthropogenic society are always under competition for mere existence. This constant competitive instinct makes one or the other human society the fittest of them all.
Detailed explanation-3: -Natural selection is sometimes summed up as “survival of the fittest” because the “fittest” organisms-those most suited to their environment-are the ones that reproduce most successfully, and are most likely to pass on their traits to the next generation.