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One can see Social Darwinist views in lines written in favor

of imperialism in the retired German General Friedrich von
Bernhardi's 1912 book, Britain as Germany's Vassal:
In the interest of the world's civilization it is our duty to enlarge
Germany's colonial empire. Thus alone can we politically, or at
least nationally, unite the Germans throughout the world, for
only then will they recognize that German civilization is the most
necessary factor in human progress. We must endeavor to acquire
new territories throughout the world by all means in our power,
because we must preserve to Germany the millions of Germans
who will be born in the future, and we must provide for them
food and employment. They ought to be enabled to live under a
German sky, and to lead a German life. 66

The hunger to acquire new territories, caused by the new
imperialism, led to conflicts between the imperialist countries
themselves. Again based on the errors of Darwinism, regarding
local peoples as “inferior races” led to enormous cruelties.
Imperialists maintained that they were setting out to bring civi-
lization to the lands in question, but inflicted a terrible amount

of tears and suffering.

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One of the aspects of God's having created different races,
tribes and nations on Earth is cultural exchange among them. In
the Qur'an, God reveals that He has created different human so-
cieties “to know each other.” (Surat al-Hujurat, 13)
According to Social Darwinism's worldview, human be-
ings exist not to get to know one another, but to fight.
Accordingly, the most important impetus for human progress is
The Social Weapon: Darwinism