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The main proposals put across by Social Darwinism is that people in a society – and societies themselves – must compete for survival. Also, that some individuals within species are more predominant than others due to their inherited characteristics and favourable traits.
Therefore, when these concepts progressed from the public view into European politics, it gave an all too easy motive for combatant nations to become aggressive.
At the time which Social Darwinism became popular in politics, the nations of Europe were entangled in a colonial battle. Nations and political leaders believed the terms of this principle gave them justification to conquer inferior lands.
When mitigating colonialism, politicians such as the German Kaiser Wilhelm II alleged that it was their entitlement as large, wealthy, and ‘fit' nations to dominate the less ‘fit' races of their colonies.
Where Germany was concerned, Social Darwinism played a considerable role in their forgein policy as an......

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