Europeans believed they should conquer other lands to help those places become industrialized.
european Imperialism in the late 19th century
Social Darwinism is a idea that is similar to survival of the fittest. They used this idea to and divide preexisting areas or territories.
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism was the idea that different societies and races compete for survival in a similar way to species in nature, with the fittest coming out on top. This concept was used to justify European imperialism in Asia and Africa by suggesting that it was not only beneficial but also natural for superior European nations to dominate and exploit weaker non-European societies.
Social Darwinism supports the idea that only the fittest individuals and societies will survive and thrive, based on principles of natural selection and survival of the strongest. This concept has been used to justify social inequality, imperialism, and discrimination.
Social Darwinism justified the belief that certain individuals or groups were inherently superior to others, based on the idea of survival of the fittest. It was often used to justify imperialism, racism, and economic inequality by suggesting that these were natural outcomes of competition and evolution.
its actually social Darwinism :)
formation of business monopolies
In the 1800�s, Social Darwinists took Darwin�s theory of natural selection and used it to justify imperialism by believing the most ñsocially fitî white races had the divine right to dominate the ñlesser racesî. This belief allowed colonialists to believe that it was right that they should seize and enjoy riches while the inferior races languished in poverty.
Manifest destiny and social Darwinism were used to justify horrible actions toward minority peoples during the 1800s. Manifest destiny was the idea that the US should expand westward, and was used to steal Native American lands. Social Darwinism was the idea that the lighter skinned people were, the better they were. It was used to justify institutional racism.
His speech reflects Social Darwinism by emphasizing competition, survival of the fittest, and the idea that the strongest individuals or nations will thrive while the weak will perish. This perspective is often used to justify inequality, imperialism, and the belief that individuals or groups are responsible for their own success or failure.
Social Darwinism is the theory that individuals and societies evolve through natural selection, and that those who are the strongest and most fit will survive and thrive, while those who are weaker will eventually die out. It was used to justify certain ideologies like racism, imperialism, and laissez-faire capitalism.