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Social Darwinist suggestions dominated the new imperialist
view of the world. One of the Darwinist causes of the new imperi-
alism was the race for superiority. The British, French, Germans
and other nations competing with one another were deceived into
thinking that they needed to acquire new lands in order to emerge
victorious as the most powerful nation in the race for superiority.
They were also driven by the mistaken goal of proving their
superiority over other races. The Anglo-Saxons and Aryans re-
garded it was their natural right to assume control over the
Africans, Asians and native Australians, whom they regarded as
“inferior races,” and to exploit their workforces and natural re-
sources. Thus 19th-century imperialism developed more as a result
of Darwinist aims than out of any economic concerns. 62
A picture by Adam Willaerts showing a British ship
sailing to East India.
